Duration
6h Th, 6h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course focuses on the bibliographic tools of the University of Liege:
- Introduction to academic information
- ULiège Library
- Collections ULiège (PRIMO)
- Scopus
- Proquest Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
- Proquest Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Databade
- Zotero
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, student is able to:
- effectively search an bibliogrphic database or the Net
- locate the documentation in libraries or on the Net
- decode and write standardized bibliographic references
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Basic scientific English.
The basis for litterature search:
- Quality and relevance of the information
- Google Scholar
- PubMed
- Ethical citations vs plagiarism
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Theoretical information
- Tutorials
- Group activities
- Practical activities of computerized bibliographic researches
- Practical activities of importing and managing bibliographic references in Zotero
- MCQ
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid 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:
- 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
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )
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