Course Overview

In a virtual world in which there are hundreds of millions of pages available with information of all kinds, searching the internet effectively is an increasingly necessary skill. Learn to separate the wheat from the chaff using the tools available and asking the right questions.

Learning Objectives

In this course you will learn how to plan a search from the beginning, as well as how to use the various tools that the internet provides to help you to find what you need. We will look at tools for finding videos, images, royalty-free content, institutional information, among many others.

Outcomes

• Unit 1: An overview of information searches on the internet
  
• Unit 2: Search engines and generic directories
  
• Unit 3: Other sources
  
• Unit 4: Social intelligence in internet searches
  
• Unit 5: Search engines and specific directories in the field of public administration
  
• Unit 6: Resources with guarantees: criteria for qualitatively assessing a website
  
• Unit 7: Saving what we have found
  
• Unit 8: Searching for free content
  
• Unit 9: Scientific information on the internet
  

Certification and Additional Info

EMMA certificates of participation will be issued to all learners who complete 70% or more of the course. Teachers and tutors will check completion rates and will send your certificate without academic validity directly by email a couple of weeks after the end of the course.

Course Structure

• Lesson 1 - Overview: Searching for information on the internet
• Lesson 2 - Search engines and generic directories
• Lesson 3 - Other sources
• Lesson 4 - Social intelligence
• Lesson 5 - Search engines and specific directories in the field of public administration
• Lesson 6 - Resources with guarantees
• Lesson 7 - Saving what we have found
• Lesson 8 - Looking for free content
• Lesson 9 - Scientific information on the internet

Teacher

Jaime Busquets Mataix