Course: Information Sources and Their Use

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Course title Information Sources and Their Use
Course code KUMK/MK1IZ
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech, Czech, Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kazík Martin, Mgr.
Course content
- work with information, TBU library - funds and services; - information retrieval, retrieval strategies, operators; - catalogs, electronic databases; - work in specific databases; - search services, search engines; - gray literature; - bibliographic record, citations according to valid standards, list of used literature.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
  • Home preparation for classes - 30 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 2 hours per semester
  • Term paper - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Knowledge of working with a computer - MS Word, MS PowerPoint; orientation on the internet, awareness about Czech and foreign search engines.
Knowledge of working with a computer - MS Word, MS PowerPoint; orientation on the internet, awareness about Czech and foreign search engines.
learning outcomes
Library system
Library system
Advanced search of academically relative content
Advanced search of academically relative content
Academical theses databases
Academical theses databases
Anti-plagiarism system
Anti-plagiarism system
Bibliographical quotation principles
Bibliographical quotation principles
Skills
Orientation in library system
Orientation in library system
Advanced search of academically relative content
Advanced search of academically relative content
Using databases of academical theses
Using databases of academical theses
Use of anti-plagiarism system
Use of anti-plagiarism system
Application of bibliographical quotation principles
Application of bibliographical quotation principles
teaching methods
Knowledge
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Skills
Demonstration
Demonstration
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Recommended literature
  • Bergman, Ofer; Whittaker, Steve. The science of managing our digital stuff. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2016. ISBN 9780262035170.
  • HEWSON, C., VOGEL, C. M., LAURENT, D. Internet research methods. Second edition.. Los Angeles: Sage, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4462-0856-4.
  • Kapoun, Pavel. Informační zdroje. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, Pedagogická fakulta, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7464-400-9.


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