This open textbook accompanies the University of Missouri-St. Louis class INTDSC 1010: Research and the Information Landscape. Intended for undergraduates new to academic research, the course covers practical search and evaluation skills as well as a basic introduction to the world of scholarly communication. In Fall 2025, the course’s learning objectives were: Evaluate whether a source is appropriate for college-level research. Navigate library search tools to find relevant results and improve research efficiency. Analyze the goals and limitations of non-library tools in the research landscape. Explain the basic history and current broad practices of scholarly communication. Contribute to a small-scale version of the “scholarly conversation.”
A web version of this text can be found athttps://umsystem.pressbooks.pub/information/.
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