Course "Scientific Information Retrieval & Management in Life Sciences and Chemistry"

Become information savvy by taking the course with the longest name. A short "introductory" video can be found here.

In the course you will learn how to effectively retrieve, critically judge, analyze, and manage published scientific information. These are important skills in chemistry, life, health and material sciences, where the ability to manage vast amounts of information is becoming increasingly important. The course – with practical examples – maps the steps of the scientific research cycle to the corresponding tools for information and knowledge management.

The course covers: scientific publishing, searching and retrieving scientific information, tools for analysis and management of information, text mining, patents, visualization and science writing and communication.

Course: 2014529-0195-00
Scientific Information Retrieval & Management in Life Sciences and Chemistry
Date: Wednesdays 16–18, HCI J3 (90 min, incl. exercises)
Start date: September 22, 2021 at 16:00 (Kick-off meeting, game)
ECTS: 2.0
Lecturers: Dr. Oliver Renn, Dr. Jozica Dolenc and Dr. Leo Betschart, with contributions from Dr. Joachim Schnabl

This course is aimed primarily at PhD students at ETH Zurich and in the Life Science Zurich Graduate School. The course, given in English, is designed to help doctoral students to fully utilize the power of scientific information resources and tools. This is an important skill set, also for a later job in industry. You will find more information on this course in the course catalog of ETH Zurich (529-0195-00L).

You can download a flyer here  (PDF).