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Research Methods in Documentation Course

Research Methods in Documentation Course
4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country

What will I learn?

This course equips you with practical skills to transform vague queries into targeted, efficient searches. Master Boolean logic, truncation, field tags, and proximity operators, applying them in catalogues, databases, and the open web. Design mini-guides, evaluate result quality, refine approaches, and record reproducible search methods for confident reuse and sharing.

Elevify advantages

Develop skills

  • Advanced search syntax: construct precise Boolean, proximity, and field searches swiftly.
  • User needs analysis: conduct effective reference interviews to pinpoint research objectives.
  • Search strategy design: map concepts, keywords, and thesauri for optimal retrieval.
  • Results evaluation: assess authority, bias, and relevance using repeatable criteria.
  • Training mini-guides: develop reusable, impactful search guides for colleagues.

Suggested summary

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload. Choose which chapter to start with. Add or remove chapters. Increase or decrease the course workload.
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

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