Training in the exploitation of documentary resources

Duration

8h Th, 12h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Ninfa Greco

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

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 Liège: ULiège Library and Collections ULiège (*)
• Forming a computerized documentary query
• Database: Scopus (*)
• Database: PubMed
• Database: Proquest Agricultural & Environmental Science Database + Proquest Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database (*)
• Search engines: Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic
• Scientific document types and bibliographic references (the idea of plagiarism)
• Program for managing bibliographic references: Zotero (*)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the student is able to:

• effectively search an bibliographic database or the Net;
• 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 (deleted due Covid)
• Practical activities of computerized bibliographic researches
• Practical activities of importing and managing bibliographic references in Zotero

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course and self-learning on eCampus

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Because of the health crisis, students will be divised into two groups.

Recommended or required readings

Notes, tutorials about bibliographic tools and self-assessment tests are available on e-Campus.
More suggested references :

• Dony Christophe, 2019, Guide d'utilisation de Zotero: Fonctionnalités de base de l'outil de gestion bibliographique. Online. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/232436
• Pochet Bernard, 2015. Comprendre et maitriser la littérature scientifique. Gembloux : Presses agronomiques de Gembloux. Online. Version du 2 août 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2268/186181
• University of Liege. 2017. Plagiarism? Not for me! A short guide for University of Liege Students. https://www.enseignement.uliege.be/upload/docs/application/pdf/2017-07/plagiarism_-_not_for_me.pdf

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Because of the health crisis, the examination is taken as a multiple choice exam.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course is presented in the B7a computer room ( https://www.campus.uliege.be/cms/c_1804841/en/b7a-grands-amphitheatres ).
Students' username and password are required to acceed the set of electronic tools.

Contacts

• GRECO Ninfa
• 04/366 50 41
• n.greco@uliege.be

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