Abstract: To offer literature retrieval course in colleges is one of the effective ways to develop students’ innovative ability. Faced with the many new challenges, to strengthen and improve the liteature retrieval course in aspects like the teaching content, the teaching methods, practice teaching and means of evalutation is of vital importance so as to adapt ourselves to the needs of the developing conditions in the context of network environment. Equally important is the task of enhancing the teachers’ qualities and to accelerate the teaching reform of literature retrieval course has become the first imperative in our work.