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Quickly and easily find information for science students

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Quickly and easily find information for science students

Last modified on 19-10-2024 16:08
There is more than Google Scholar! In this workshop, you will learn to search efficiently and effectively for information in a variety of sources. In the process, you will discover databases and other sources of information that are closely related to your field. It is an active workshop in which you will also get to work yourself.
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Start date
11-11-2024 10:00
End date
11-11-2024 12:00
Location

Science Park 904, Room: G2.02 

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Image: Benjamin van der Veen
Image: Benjamin van der Veen

Do you feel a bit lost in the sea of search results in Google Scholar? Or are you getting nowhere in your research because you can't find the right sources? 

You will learn how to search efficiently and discover tools such as Catalogue Plus, Scopus and Web of Science. We will show you how to access literature that is not readily available and how to find and use the most relevant databases for your study, such as arXiv, MathSciNet, ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore and zbMATH Open. 

Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

  • effectively search and select information from a variety of sources;
  • apply specific search strategies in different databases;
  • handle information sources ethically and evaluate them critically.

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