Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 3.093 (Fall 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Information Exploration: Becoming a Savvy Scholar 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Materials Science and Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Ms. Angie Locknar
  
  Assistant Instructor:
  Ms. Patty Durisin Barbera
  
  Faculty Liaison:
  Prof. Donald Sadoway 
• Course Introduction:
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  3.093 Information Exploration: Becoming a Savvy Scholar
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features a set of Flash™ animation tutorials on conducting library research.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This freshman course explores the scientific publication cycle, primary vs. secondary sources, and online and in-print bibliographic databases; how to search, find, evaluate, and cite information; indexing and abstracting; using special resources (e.g. patents) and "grey literature" (e.g. technical reports and conference proceedings); conducting Web searches; and constructing literature reviews.

  
  
  

  Special Features

  
  
  

  • Video tutorial

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .swf.