Antunes, Maria Da LuzLopes, CarlosSanches, Tatiana2019-07-172019-07-172019-07Antunes ML, Lopes C, Sanches T. Starting from scratch: searching for the purpose of writing. In: Sanches T, Antunes ML, Lopes C, editors. Improving the academic writing experience in higher education. New York: Nova Science Publishers; 2019. p. 85-107.9781536156720http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/10319The authors articulate academic writing with the need to support it in scientific information, assuming that the basis for the accomplishment of good work is based on good research. Knowing how to find relevant information is not a matter of chance. Methods and techniques can be developed to initiate a good research strategy, which is done based on the knowledge of the information needed, on where to look for it, on how to select it and on to evaluate it for better use. This chapter shows how to train skills to deal with information and how to develop skills that allow the use and benefit of knowledge resources by understanding that information is used for various purposes.engInformation literacyInformation searchSearch stringsbook part