Information retrieval is one of the important courses to cultivate students' information consciousness, information ability and information morality. The purpose is to help students master the basic methods and skills of information retrieval and utilization through lectures, discussions and computer practice, so that college students can have certain scientific research and practical work ability and lay a foundation for learning and research.
Information retrieval is an on-campus course, comprehensive course (including practice), general course and national excellent resource course offered by Southwest Jiaotong University Library. The director of this course is Fan Ko. According to the official website syllabus of 202 1,1Love Course, the total duration of this course is 32 hours.
The information retrieval course consists of twelve knowledge modules: the cultivation of information awareness and information literacy, information sources, search engines, electronic book retrieval, periodical database retrieval, patent information retrieval and utilization, information retrieval case analysis, citation information retrieval and utilization, data and fact retrieval, study, examination and study abroad information retrieval and utilization, enterprise and business information retrieval and utilization, and academic information retrieval and utilization.
2 1 century, the social division of labor is more and more detailed, the knowledge is updated faster and faster, and the work changes more and more frequently, all of which require strong learning ability and adaptability to the environment, so as to be familiar with and master the knowledge in new fields quickly. Through the study and practice of information retrieval, these abilities can be cultivated.
From the objective point of view, information retrieval is a kind of communication and learning, which includes not only seeking answers or inspiration by inquiring others or existing historical achievements and documents, but also solving doubts and doubts by learning from others and consulting.
Information retrieval is essentially a kind of matching and selection, and it is the matching of information demand and retrieval results. Information demand determines the choice of retrieval tools and methods. For example, common sense, popularization, news and entertainment information can be retrieved through search engines; Patents, standards and statistical information can be retrieved from the website of publishing institutions; Academic research information can be retrieved through the database; Advanced retrieval methods can be used for complex and accurate requirements; Fuzzy and simple requirements can be simply searched. The browsing, sorting, sorting and downloading of search results are used for information selection. The functions of retrieval tools (retrieval options or retrieval boxes) are designed to meet various needs, and flexible use of various retrieval functions can effectively improve retrieval efficiency.