| TGTU60 | Information Retrieval , 1,5 ECTS credits. /Informationssökning/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 2 |
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Area of Education: Humanities Subject area: Library and Information Science |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): B
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| Aim: The course will provide information literacy, i.e. basic knowledge of how to retrieve and evaluate information, and thus enable the students to continue to learn and to operate effectively in a professional context. The course will provide knowledge of information sources (handbooks, patents, databases, Internet etc), and of strategies for retrieving and using them |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: Lectures, exercises and demonstrations |
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| Course contents: Introduction to the theory and practice of scientific communication. Basic search strategies. Guided training in computer-based information retrieval (Internet, CD-ROM). Training in critical evaluation of printed and electronic information sources. Information retrieval in an area of individual interest, related to engineering / technology |
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| Course literature: (in Swedish) Informationssökningens när? var? hur? Webbaserad distanskurs från KTHB, modifierad för LiUB: URL: http://www.bibl.liu.se/utbildning/kb/webbkurs/start.htm IntoInfo - The Educate Consortium URL: http://educate.lib.chalmers.se/DOMAIN/index.html Vägar till teknisk-vetenskaplig information. Teknologibibliotekens kompendium i informationssökning. URL: http://www.bibl.liu.se/utbildning/TGV/Tgv.htm |
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| Participation in at least 75% of the course activities, assignment, seminar. |
1 p |
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| Grades are given as ‘Fail’ or ‘Pass’. | |||
Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: TEMA. Director of Studies: Ulrika Andersson Examiner: Ingegerd Baurén Link to the course homepage at the department |
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