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Testimonials

Stella Broock: “I was  Bibliographic  databases dummy as I never could find the relevant information for my research. I was always confused by the library catalog and  bibliographic databases and even summaries of the information item. I now understand differences of types of databases, can easily search the Web for sources and use them in proper way. This is a great course which gives tools which saves time – and money!”
List of Additional Courses
Introduction to Internet Research
  • Description of the course: The course is designed to give students basic tools for independent search in libraries databases and on the Internet. It is essential for anyone who is involved in writing, editing and searching items  for professional research. The objective of this course is to bring the participants orientation in the Cataloging systems, electronic records of the relevant scientific literature and acquiring control over the various ways of obtaining information for research. The course also evaluates  Internet  content, Web 2.0 creative content, copyright and plagiarism of the content and laws and regulations regarding  Internet content.
  • Potential participants: Students, professionals, site owners, governmental officials
  • Duration: 14 weeks (3 months)
  • Blog and Forum of the course
  • Languages of the course: English, Hebrew, Russian
  • Schedule: next intake – 1st of January 2010 (upon registration)
  • Assignments of the course:
    • A personal project
    • Multi-choice tests of expertise
  • Price: only 900$
Articles on Internet research
  • “…Welcome to the Internet. As I hope my analogy makes clear, there is an extremely wide variety of material on the Internet, ranging in its accuracy, reliability, and value. Unlike most traditional information media (books, magazines, organizational documents), no one has to approve the content before it is made public. It’s your job as a searcher, then, to evaluate what you locate, in order to determine whether it suits your needs…”, by Robert Harris, June 15, 2007, Virtual Salt
Registration and Payment for the course

Our course are available upon registration. The registration for the course allows opening a personal blog upon Lecturer considerations, participation in the course forums and final certification. You must approve the Learning Agreement upon your registration and payment. Pay-now-button
Lecturer: Dr. Marina Shorer
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