Introducing COM15 Warning! Exclamation mark in a circle Do you need to sign in? To view the video below you will need to be logged into your Griffith University Office 365 account. If you’re unable to view the video below, go to https://login.microsoft.comLinks to an external site. and login with your Griffith University s-number. Also, you may find it useful to use the Alternative source and Help links shown just after the video below. Alternative source: visit video's pageLinks to an external site. Help: Watch videos on Microsoft StreamLinks to an external site. This course does not assume you are already able to undertake research in a particular field or discipline. Instead, it guides you to find appropriate and relevant information and organise it. It has been designed to help students learn how to prepare and write an academic assignment in response to a question that requires them to find information. You will learn how to write a critical analysis assignment and also a formal research report, applying correct referencing along the way. The course emphasises practical analytical and interpretive skills and organisation of research material and information. This will be useful in your professional career and in your overall ability to deal with and manage information in all aspects of your daily life. This is a hands-on 'learn by doing' course that will challenge you to think critically and present your work professionally. It will teach you how to evaluate information sources (moving beyond Google, to indexes and databases) to expose you to scholarly research methods. Warning! Exclamation mark in a circle Want to read more? Click on the Learning Outcomes heading (also known as an accordion) below to reveal more about the learning outcomes of this course. Once open, if you click on the heading/accordion again it will close. Hiding the content and making it a little easier to focus on other sections. If you use the same web browser on the same computer, your web browser will remember which accordion you had open the last time you viewed this page.