Study Programmes 2015-2016
DOCU0033-2  
Training in the exploitation of documentary resources
Duration :
8h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits :
Bachelor in biology2
Bachelor in biology2
Lecturer :
Ninfa Greco
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
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
  • Bibliographical references and citations
  • Finding the information in library e-space
  • The computerized information litteracy
  • ULg collections
  • Scopus (PubMed, Google Scholar...)
  • Mendeley
Learning outcomes of the course :
At the end of the course, the student is able to:
  • do computerized bibliographic researches;
  • locate the documentation in libraries or on the Net;
  • decode and write standardized bibliographic references;
  • sort and manage bibliographic references.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Basic scientific English.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
  • Theoretical information
  • Practical activities of computerized bibliographic researches
  • Practical activities of importing and managing bibliographic references in Mendeley
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face course.
Recommended or required readings :
Notes, tutorials about bibliographic tools and self-assessment tests are available on e-Campus.


More references :
  • Bertrand Baschwitz, Maria Antonia. 2009. Comment me documenter? Bruxelles: De Boeck. 174p. (Guides pratiques: former et se former).
  • Pochet B., 2015. Lire et écrire la littérature scientifique. Gembloux : Presses agronomiques de Gembloux. http://www.infolit.be/LELiS/
  • University of Liege. 2015. Plagiarism? Not for me! A short guide for University of Liege Students.http://www.ulg.ac.be/upload/docs/application/pdf/2013-06/plagiarism_-_not_for_me.pdf
Assessment methods and criteria :
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 on the basis of a scientific article 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.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
The course is presented wednesday and friday from week 10 to week 14, from 14:00 to 17:00, in the B7a computer room (groups and schedule to be determined):
Contacts :
Items online :
ecampus
PowerPoint for theorical information Tutorials for practical activities Self-assessment tests