Scientific Information Retrieval (Spring 2025) (2cr)
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
 
- Virtual portion
 - 2 cr
 
- Mode of delivery
 - Distance learning
 
- Teaching languages
 - english
 
- Seats
 - 1 - 500
 
- Teachers
 - Tiina Siro
 - Kati Vuontisjärvi
 
- 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.