BIBL0001-1 : Support activities to bibliographic research

Study Programmes 2016-2017

BIBL0001-1

Support activities to bibliographic research

Duration :

6h Pr

Number of credits :

Bachelor in human and social sciences		1
Bachelor in sociology and anthropology		1

Lecturer :

Mélodie Dieudonné

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

Learning unit contents :

The primary purpose of the course is the student's autonomy in the research, use and evaluation of scientific resources.
The skills acquired (knowledge and know-how) will be useful all along university cursus as well as during the professional career.
Throughout the formation, the student will learn to seek out and to select relevant scientific information. With a critical eye, the student will make the best use of available library and internet resources.
Different topics will be discussed during the course:

Sources of scientific information;
Specialized tools in information research in social and political sciences;
Information research approach;
Plagiarism;
The open access;
References management (ZOTERO).

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

-          Identify the main sources of information (database, catalog, etc.) and the essential documentary tools for political and social science research.
-         Elaborate research equations and to use a thesaurus in order to increase the efficiency of their documentary research.
-          Research and to select appropriate and relevant resources
-          Critically analyse their documentary research and its outcomes (ex: does this source meet my expectations? Is it relevant to the research question?)

Furthermore, students will be sensitized to issues about plagiarism, scientific edition and open access movement. Finally, student will receive training on bibliographic management software - ZOTERO.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Course organization :

1h - oral intervention on the 11th of October, from 16.00 to 17.00.

2x 2h - practical work/tutorial at L. Graulich library. (Registration required via the online form Doodle sent by Nathalie Pulgar). Caution! For the sake of consistency, make sure to follow the TP1 before the TP2.

1h - presentation and experiment of ZOTERO software (presentation; content; usefulness; set up; basic use; etc.).

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face.