Course detail

Quotations in a research work

FEKT-DPC-CVPAcad. year: 2025/2026

The hybrid course "Citing A to Z" acquaints students with the issues of citation (creation of reference, plagiarism, citation analysis, etc.) and the copyright aspects of scientific publishing. In addition, the attention is also paid to searching for scientific information, evaluating information on the Internet and the (relatively) new phenomena of open access and data management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová

Department

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication (FEKT)

Entry knowledge

Not applicable.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Assignments (for finishing the subject successfully, you need to do all of them)

The course is taught in the form of on-site seminars, supported with e-learning (LMS Moodle) and individual consultations. The base of the course is assignments and the feedback to them.

Aims

To acquaint students with the copyright requirements for their work

To present the correct way of referencing

To discuss the options in open access and data management

Students will know the principles of ethical use of information. They will be able to create references of various kinds of documents and use reference managers to create them. They will know the copyright aspects of publishing and open access issues as well as data management. They will be able to search in the electronic information sources available at BUT. They can critically evaluate information found on the Internet.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Krčál M., Teplíková Z.: Naučte (se) citovat. Blansko: Citace.com, 2014. ISBN 978-80-260-6074-1. (CS)

Type of course unit

Seminar

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Tereza Šmilauerová

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

Quotations in a research work

Type of course unit