1. Educators
2. Working Adult
3. Format: Classroom

Information overload? Irrelevant search results? Sounds familiar? In this course, you’ll learn how to search, evaluate and use information more effectively.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Apply search strategies and learnt to construct search statements when locating information on the internet
• Differentiate the various search tools, and learn how to use the tools effectively
• Evaluate website to differentiate between the authoritative and non-authoritative ones
• Avoid plagiarism by citing websites and sources used

Course outline

Module 1: Internet search strategies

• Boolean and Phrase searching
• InfoMapping
• Field and Filetype searching

Module 2: Internet search tools

• Subject directories & subject guides
• Search engines vs. subject directories
• Meta-search engines
• Specialised search tools

  Module 3: Evaluating websites    

• Deconstructing URLs
• 5 criteria for evaluating websites
• Type of web pages

 Module 4: Acknowledging websites 

• Why must we acknowledge websites?
• Using citation styles e.g. MLA and APA