E-learnings Information literacy skills

Information literacy skills enable you to find, evaluate and process scientific information. Follow our free e-learning courses and strengthen these skills. You can follow the online training whenever it suits you.

The modules form a whole, but you can also complete them separately. You will earn an Award for each completed module. Upon completing the entire training programme, you will receive a 'Super Award'.

Compass: Information literacy skills

The e-learning consists of four modules, each taking about 30 minutes of your time:

  1. Finding and accessing information
  2. Setting up your search
  3. Evaluating your sources
  4. Saving and using sources
E-learning Information literacy skills
E-learning Informatievaardigheden (in Dutch)

Compass+: Historical Sources

In this e-learning course, you will learn how to search for historical sources to answer your research question. After completing the online training, you know what kind of historical source you need, and how to find and access it. You will also know how to use the various search systems and which system offers which functionalities.

E-learning Historical Sources

Compass+: Systematically searching for literature

The online training course Compass+: Systematically searching for literature shows you step by step what is involved in setting up and performing a systematic database search. After following the module, you can:

  • set up a search question
  • formulate search terms
  • create a search string
  • estimate whether you have enough results

It is useful to do this training course before you start searching for literature.

E-learning Systematically searching for literature

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