Scientific Information Retrieval (Spring 2025) (2 cr)

Code: TUTA0402V24-3007

General information

Enrollment: 04.12.2024 - 27.01.2025; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 03.02.2025 - 02.03.2025; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 2 cr

Local portion: 0 cr

Virtual portion: 2 cr

Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences

Teaching languages: English

Seats: 1 - 500

Teachers: Tiina Siro; Kati Vuontisjärvi

Groups: YTKENG
SOC/YTK - Courses offered in English

Course: TUTA0402V24

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

After completion of the course the student is able to
- construct search terms and sentences for her/his topic
- search information using different search strategies and channels
- evaluate information sources critically
- use reference manager.

Execution methods

Teaching profile: ONLINE 2 (and FACE-TO-FACE).
Online course, also the possibility to participate in contact teaching.

Accomplishment methods

Assignments in Moodle, systematic information search of your topic.

Content

- Search terms for her/his topic
- Searches in the different search services
- Critical evaluation of information sources
- Use of reference management system

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Fail: Performance is highly deficient or incorrect.

Pass: Performance corresponds to the assignment.

Qualifications

The course is most useful when starting the Bachelor’s Thesis.