Duration
Support activities to bibliographic research : 6h Pr
Undergraduated final work :
Number of credits
| Bachelor in human and social sciences (New programme) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Support activities to bibliographic research : Mathieu Uyttebrouck
Undergraduated final work : Collégialité, Julie Gérard
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
See the rules at the address: www.fass.uliege.be/reglements
Support activities to bibliographic research
The primary purpose of the course is the student's know-how and autonomy in the research, the evaluation and the use of scientific resources.
The skills acquired during this course (knowledge and know-how) will be useful all along university cursus as well as during the professional career.
Throughout the course, 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 research tools in social and political sciences;
- Information research methods;
- Plagiarism;
- The open access;
- References management (ZOTERO).
Undergraduated final work
See the rules at the address: www.fass.uliege.be/reglements
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The TFB is a personal written composition on an object of your choice, which exercises in reading, writing, and analyzing empirical data in the context of social science research.
The objectives to be fulfilled are:
- show autonomy and initiative, in particular for the choice of a research object, making contact with a promoter, bibliographic research; empirical analysis;
- analyze the information from the chosen scientific references to formulate a research question on the chosen subject, which is stripped of any ideological or normative scope;
- develop a theoretical framework and define related concepts;
- present the chosen method and the type of materials used in relation to the hypotheses posed in the chosen research question;
- collect, produce, and process original qualitative or quantitative empirical materials or possibly already obtained and partially exploited in one of the Methods (Block2), Advanced Methods (Block3) courses or in a thematic course;
- present the results critically by confronting them with the selected literature;
- restore all of these elements in a structured document respecting precise formal instructions.
Support activities to bibliographic research
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 in the fields of political and social sciences.
- 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.
Undergraduated final work
The TFB is a personal written composition on an object of your choice, which exercises in reading, writing, and analyzing empirical data in the context of social science research.
The objectives to be fulfilled are:
- show autonomy and initiative, in particular for the choice of a research object, making contact with a promoter, bibliographic research; empirical analysis;
- analyze the information from the chosen scientific references to formulate a research question on the chosen subject, which is stripped of any ideological or normative scope;
- develop a theoretical framework and define related concepts;
- present the chosen method and the type of materials used in relation to the hypotheses posed in the chosen research question;
- collect, produce, and process original qualitative or quantitative empirical materials or possibly already obtained and partially exploited in one of the Methods (Block2), Advanced Methods (Block3) courses or in a thematic course;
- present the results critically by confronting them with the selected literature;
- restore all of these elements in a structured document respecting precise formal instructions.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Support activities to bibliographic research
Basic computing skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Activities to accompany bibliographic research (BIBL0001-A) are organized in the form of work sessions (see CELCAT) and integrated into the module HTRA0020-1 "Bachelor's thesis". The evaluation of the effective participation in these activities will be taken into account in the final grade of the TFB (15%).
In addition to these three bibliographic research support sessions, follow-up and question-answer sessions will be given by the coordinator of the Bachelor's thesis and made available to the students (see CELCAT).
Support activities to bibliographic research
Course organization :
1h - Introductory session in large classroom on friday the 4th of October 2023 from 13.00 to 14.00.
2x 2h - practical work/tutorial at L. Graulich library. Registration required via the online form Doodle sent by the professor during the introductory session. Sessions will be offered between October 4 and November 22.
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.). The session will be given to a large audience on Wednesday, December 13th, 2023 from 13:00 to 14:00. There will be an extra hour in the same classroom to be available to students.
Undergraduated final work
Activities to accompany bibliographic research (BIBL0001-A) are organized in the form of work sessions (see CELCAT) and integrated into the module HTRA0020-1 "Bachelor's thesis". The evaluation of the effective participation in these activities will be taken into account in the final grade of the TFB (15%).
In addition to these bibliographic research support sessions, follow-up and question-answer sessions will be given by the coordinator of the Bachelor's thesis and made available to the students (see CELCAT).
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Both the literature search activities and the optional follow-up and Q&A sessions are held face-to-face (unless restricted by the health crisis).
Support activities to bibliographic research
Face-to-face.
Undergraduated final work
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Both the literature search activities and the optional follow-up and Q&A sessions are held face-to-face (unless restricted by the health crisis).
Recommended or required readings
Support activities to bibliographic research
http://bbf.enssib.fr/consulter/bbf-2005-02-0042-007.pdf
The course material will be provided once all the students have completed TP2.
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- Remote
written exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The work is evaluated by the promoter on the basis of the achievement of the objectives defined above and the respect of the formal instructions.
The work will be assessed on the basis of the following elements (as an indication):
- the relevance of the work used ;
- the mastery of the theoretical content used
- the originality of the materials treated
- the methodological rigor ;
- the coherence of the proposed analyses and results in relation to the literature;
- the ability to critically reflect on the work carried out;
- the quality and care in writing the text (spelling, syntax, style and structure);
- the evaluation of the participation in the "Bibliographic research support activities" (BIBL0001-A).
The TFB must be deposited on Ultra and sent in electronic version by e-mail or in paper version to the promoter (according to what has been agreed with this promoter) no later than the date set by the official timetable for the current academic year. The name of the PDF file submitted and/or sent must contain the student's first and last name, their student number and the mention "TFB". This information should also be included in the subject line of the email. Attention: only the version deposited on Ultra is authentic.
The evaluation and deposit procedures are identical for the first session and the second session.
Support activities to bibliographic research
Written work / report
Additional information:
Students will be evaluated on the basis of the participation in class, along with of a documentary report on the subject of their choice after the second practical course.
Undergraduated final work
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- Remote
written exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
The work is evaluated by the promoter on the basis of the achievement of the objectives defined above and the respect of the formal instructions.
The work will be assessed on the basis of the following elements (as an indication):
- the relevance of the work used ;
- the mastery of the theoretical content used
- the originality of the materials treated
- the methodological rigor ;
- the coherence of the proposed analyses and results in relation to the literature;
- the ability to critically reflect on the work carried out;
- the quality and care in writing the text (spelling, syntax, style and structure);
- the evaluation of the participation in the "Bibliographic research support activities" (BIBL0001-A).
The TFB must be deposited on Ultra and sent in electronic version by e-mail or in paper version to the promoter (according to what has been agreed with this promoter) no later than the date set by the official timetable for the current academic year. The name of the PDF file submitted and/or sent must contain the student's first and last name, their student number and the mention "TFB". This information should also be included in the subject line of the email. Attention: only the version deposited on Ultra is authentic.
The evaluation and deposit procedures are identical for the first session and the second session.
Work placement(s)
Support activities to bibliographic research
None
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Support activities to bibliographic research
Introductory session on the 27th of September 2021, from 13.00 to 14.00
Online registration to the practical courses via a Doodle link provided during the introductory session.
Minimum 6 and maximum 12 students per session.
The last session will be held on 29th of November from 13.00 to 14.00. A roster will be scheduled after the session for those who would like additional help to carry out the work.
Contacts
Coordinator of the Final Year Work:
Julie GERARD: julie.gerard@uliege.be
Support activities to bibliographic research
Mathieu Uyttebrouck
Responsable scientifique - Bibliothèque L. Graulich
Tél: 04 366 32 71
muyttebrouck@uliege.be
Undergraduated final work
Coordinator of the Final Year Work:
Julie GERARD: julie.gerard@uliege.be