About Searchlight

Course content

To be able to carry out project assignments effectively, you need reliable information. After all, what you produce has to be properly substantiated. This will also be the case in your future career. To find information, it is essential to be able to search effectively. In this course, you will learn:

what the best steps are for finding the right information

ways of thinking up useful search terms

how to use a number of internet resources and databases

how to evaluate the information you find

how to incorporate this information correctly into your reports

Structure of the course

The course consists of 6 modules and a final exam. Each module contains:

text, short videos, and quiz questions
search logbook
You can use this logbook to keep a record of how you conducted searches. It will show you what you have done and what you haven't done yet. This way you will avoid doing the same thing twice and therefore save time. You can save your completed logbook at the end of the course and print it. You fill in the following:
- search questions
- search terms
- search method
- sources used
- search results
a final exam of 20 questions.

To pass, you must answer at least 60% correctly. How the Searchlight course is used and what value is attached to a successful completion of the course depends on your degree programme.
The estimated time needed for the course is one hour. You may stop part-way through and continue where you left off at a later time.

Het arrangement About Searchlight is gemaakt met Wikiwijs van Kennisnet. Wikiwijs is hét onderwijsplatform waar je leermiddelen zoekt, maakt en deelt.

Auteur: Team Informatievaardigheid, Bibliotheek HvA
Laatst gewijzigd: 2020-10-19 10:47:09
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