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| DOCU0033-1 | Training in the exploitation of documentary resources
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| Duration : | 20h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Ninfa Greco |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| The main purpose of this course is to develop autonomous and critical view dealing with acquisition and up-dating of scientific knowledge.
Putting the future researchers on the perspectives of the scientific publication is also an important point of this course.
STRUCTURE:
- Introduction
- Libraries' networks
- The University library
- Documents
- Finding the information in library
- The computerized information litteracy
- Web of Sciences (WoS)
- PubMed
- Introduction to information litteracy on WWW
- Information selection
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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- writing standardized bibliographic references;
- locating the documentation in libraries or on the Net;
- doing computerized bibliographic researches.
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic scientific English. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course is presented from week 1 to week 9, from 14:00 to 17:00.
Weeks 1 to 3: Theoretical information (B22 Class)
Weeks 4 to 9 (groups and schedule to be determined):
- 1 practical activity of locating documents and writing references (in B6b Library)
- 3 practical activities of computerized bibliographic researches (in B7a Computer Room)
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face course. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Notes, tutorials about bibliographic tools and self-assessment tests are available on e-Campus.
References for the curious students:
- Bertrand Baschwitz, Maria Antonia. 2009. Comment me documenter? Bruxelles: De Boeck. 174p. (Guides pratiques: former et se former).
- Pochet, Bernard. 2002. Méthodologie documentaire: comment accéder à la littérature scientifique à l'heure d'Internet? Bruxelles: De Boeck. 141p. (Sciences et Méthodes).
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral presentation (10-15 min.) of the student written synthesis about the practice which may be used as a support by the student during the evaluation. The professor will keep the written support.
The oral presentation has to be the structure (introduction, methods, results, interpretation, conclusions) of the project initiated during the practical activities and finalized for the evaluation. The oral presentation has to demonstrate the student's theoretical and practical acquisitions.
The project itself is the critical comparison of two bibliographic research tools, following the points:
- Choosing the bibliographical research subject and applying a bibliographical request,
- Introducing the same bibliographical request in two bibliographical databases and/or specialized search engines (choosed by the student),
- Critical comparison of the obtained references following the two research tools already choosed.
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