Duration
8h Th, 12h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in biology | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in biology of organisms and ecology (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
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 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 implicit in this course (business and Open Access; bibliometrics; artificial intelligence development).
STRUCTURE:
- Introduction to scientific information: uses, quality and relevance
- Document e-Space in the University of Liege: ULg Library and Collections ULg
- Forming a computerized documentary query
- Database: Scopus
- Database: PubMed
- Database: Proquest Environmental Science Collection
- Search engines: Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic
- Scientific documents and bibliographic references (the idea of plagiarism)
- Program for managing bibliographic references: Mendeley
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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
- Formative QCM
- Some group activities
- 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 suggested references :
- Antonia Maria, Baschwitz Bertrand. 2010. Comment me documenter? Bruxelles: De Boeck. 185p. (Guides pratiques: former et se former).
- Pochet Bernard, version dated 24 May 2017. Lire et écrire la littérature scientifique. Gembloux : Presses agronomiques de Gembloux. Online. http://infolit.be/CoMLiS/
- 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 (http://www.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_1804841/fr/b7a-grands-amphitheatres). Groups and schedule should be determined.
Students' username and password are required to acceed the set of electronic tools.
Contacts
- GRECO Ninfa
- 04/366 50 41
- N.Greco@ulg.ac.be
Items online
ecampus
PowerPoint for theorical information - Tutorials for practical activities - Self-assessment tests