PG6009
Unit 1: Research Resource Discovery
Unit 2: Using the Web Effectively & Evaluating Research Resource Results
Unit 3: Research Data Management
Unit 4: Managing Your Information
Unit 5: Ethics in Using Information
Unit 6: Publishing and Disseminating your Research
Next Dates: TBA
Module Information
PG6009 Graduate Information Literacy Skills
PG6009 will not be offered during Academic Year 2020/2021. After a review of the module, it is hoped to offer the module again in the future. More details will be made available.
Module Objective:
To give postgraduate students an introduction to the principles and practice of Information Literacy, as applied to PhD research; to enable postgraduate students to audit and update their Information Literacy Skills by expanding and acquiring a portfolio of Information Literacy Skills; to develop those skills which will enhance the quality of their research and expand their career opportunities in our knowledge-based economy.
Students who register for the module will undertake a series of face-to-face sessions. For the award of 5 credits students must attend all core units and complete a short assessment on the relevance of what they have learned to their own research.
Learning Outcomes:
Develop effective strategies to locate and access relevant information
- Analyse and critically evaluate research findings (yours & others)
- Demonstrate and apply a range of these skills as part of your wider research portfolio
- Develop effective approaches to keep up to date with the latest research in your area
- Manage your research information saving valuable time and effort
- Identify the legal and ethical issues relating to the use of information
- Publish and present information in an effective way
- Justify the application of these information literacy skills to your specific research
Target Audience: PhD & Research Masters
This module will be run separately for the relevant students in CACSSS, and SEFS and Medicine & Health
Duration: 20 hours
Credit Weighting: 5 credits
Registration: TBA
Places will be limited in the formal module so early application is advisable.
"It is a very good course. All researchers should do it." Comment from Nov 2017 student
