"inform themselves" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to gain knowledge or information for oneself. Example: The students were encouraged to inform themselves about current events by reading the newspaper every morning.
4.5 million people took the time to go to this page, inform themselves, fill out the pertinent information to register their discontent.
It helps pet owners check and inform themselves about possible diseases and provides detailed information and instructions for non-veterinarians.
People who have suffered health effects from PCPs are more motivated to inform themselves about the risks and to seek out information on particular ingredients [7].
While it is often speculated that medical tourists rely primarily on the Internet to inform themselves about destination facilities, the frequency of access to information found online and its actual influence on decision-making requires dedicated attention [ 33, 34].
The machines of the future will be able to draw on that information (or a lot of it, anyway) and use it to inform themselves about their surroundings.
Well, they need to inform themselves.
Independent researchers who try to inform themselves about important scientific issues have to fork out thousands.
Parents and expectant parents would do well to inform themselves about this connectedness.
They have taken direct responsibility to fully inform themselves on what's been happening in Virunga.
But if politicians don't properly inform themselves about complex educational problems, they risk making decisions by cliche.
They have to inform themselves directly about issues, and not just swallow what they hear in the mainstream news.
