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 is available here. You can download the flyer as a PDF here.

The course will teach you how to effectively retrieve, critically evaluate, analyze, and manage published scientific information. These are important skills in the chemical, life, health, and materials sciences, where the ability to manage large amounts of information is becoming increasingly important. Using practical examples, the course maps the steps of the scientific research cycle to the corresponding information and knowledge management tools.

The course covers: scientific publishing, searching and retrieving scientific information, tools for analyzing and managing information, text mining, patents, visualization, and scientific writing and communication.

Course: 2014529-0195-00
Scientific Information Retrieval & Management in Life Sciences and Chemistry
Date: Wednesdays, 4-6 pm, HCI J3 (90 min, incl. labs)
Start date: September 20, 2023 at 15:45 (kick-off meeting, game, agreement on start times)
ECTS: 2.0
Lecturers: Dr. Oliver Renn, Dr. Jozica Dolenc and Dr. Leo Betschart

This course is primarily intended for PhD students of ETH Zurich and the Life Science Zurich Graduate School. The course, which will be taught in English, is designed to help graduate students make full use of the power of scientific information resources and tools. This is an important skill, also for a future job in industry. More information about this course can be found in the ETH Zurich Course Catalogue (529-0195-00L).