| TGTU60 | Information Retrieval , 1,5 ECTS-points /Informationssökning/ Advancement level: B | |
| 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 Prerequisites: Requisite general qualifications for university.Course content: - 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 Course literature: Vägar till teknisk-vetenskaplig information(1996). TeknologiBibliotekens kompendium i informationssökning URL:http://www.bibl.liu.se/teknologibiblioteken/teknisk_vetenskaplig_information/tgv.htm Into Info(1996). The EDUCATE Consortium URL:http://educate.lib.chalmers.se/DOMAIN/index.html Material handed out during the course. Into Info. The EDUCATE Consortium, 1996. URL: http://educate.lib.chalmers.se/DOMAIN/index.html. Material issued in connection with tuition. | ||
| UPG1 | , 1 p. | |
| Compulsory attendance, and a successfully completed information retrieval. The individual information retrieval task will be discussed at a seminar. | ||