Course detail

Introduction to University Study

FP-UusPAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course is focused on the following areas:
- A general overview of the workings of libraries and their work (domestic and foreign), including services plus orientation in the services libraries they provide.
- Skills needed necessary for effective work when searching for information (EIR, www).
- Working effectively with technical literature, proper use of external resources
and quotations according ISO 690.
-Working with searches and annotations.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Petra Dědičová

Department

Institute of Economics (ÚE)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The student will:
-Acquire basic knowledge about of the workings of libraries and their work (domestic and foreign),learn about the possibilities and varieties range of services provided by libraries, and acquire develop basic skills needed necessary for use of the library services.
-Learn how to look for information effectively.
-Learn how to work with EIR and other information resources.
-Learn how to work with literature, use direct and indirect quotations and quotations according ISO 690.
-Work with searches and annotations.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge corresponding to the level of a school-leaving final examination at secondary school.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit is conditional on successful completion of of the final test in the form of e-learning and the development of ongoing tasks.

Course curriculum

- Introduction to the subject
- Basic concepts
- Information services
- Information retrieval
- EIR
- Information valuation
- Creation of professional text
- Bibliographic citations and quotations
- BUT + FP

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim is for students to:
-Aacquireing basic knowledge of about the workings of libraries and their work, the possibilities and varieties range of services provided by which libraries, and develop provide together with acquiring basic skills needed necessary for their use.
- Familiarise themselves with obtaining current standards applied when for working with professional text.
- Learn to working with electronic information resources (EIR).
- Learn how to evaluating information gathered from the Internet.
- Learn how to working with searches and annotations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Results of individually assigned tasks will be checked.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČSN ISO 690 (01 0197) Informace a dokumentace - Pravidla pro bibliografické odkazy a citace informačních zdrojů. 3. vyd. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 2011, 39 s. (CS)
PAYNE, E. Klíč k úspěšnému studiu nejen na vysoké škole. Vyd. 1. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, nakladatelství VUTIUM, 2007. ISBN 978-80214-3377-9. (CS)
Studijní opory dostupné v rámci kurzu. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-UAD , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Petra Dědičová

Syllabus

Teaching is based on individual student communication - e-learning.