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INFORMATION LITERACY ACTIVITIES
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WHAT ABOUT...? Topics Types of courses Main goals of courses
Structure of lessons Statistics
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TOPICS What sources are suitable
How to search in the university catalogue How to recognize a quality website How to search in databases (Boolean, wildcards etc.) How to search fulltexts (WoS, Scopus, SFX) Basic rules of scientific writing (theses, articles) Publication and citation ethics How to cite Journal citation reports (IF, h-index, SNIP, SJR)
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NEW TOPICS SINCE 2013 How to learn more effectively
How to avoid information overload Safe behavior on the Internet Searching in deep (invisible) web Basic rules of argumentation Basic rules of preparing a survey GNU licences and freeware Open Access
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ELECTIVE COURSES Acquisition of scientific information
course for Ph.D. medical students – 5 credits face-to-face lessons (3 x 2,5 hours) each semester conditions – attend lessons Lesson 1: searching in databases + Zotero Lesson 2: EndNoteWeb + searching + JCR Lesson 3: Publication and citation ethics, writing a scientific paper
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ELECTIVE COURSES Information literacy
three e-learning courses for Czech and Slovak medical students – 4 credits for foreign medical students – 3 credits for sport students – 2 credits each semester conditions – completing all tasks More about the first course in the afternoon
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ELECTIVE COURSES A course of working with information sources
and tools e-learning course for medical students – 4 credits each semester conditions – completing all tasks (self evaluation tests, preparing a survey etc.) new topics (information overload, open access, argumentation etc.)
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SHORT TERM COURSES MUCL COURSES a set of lessons for users
each semester Lessons Searching in databases (5-7 x) Journal Citation Reports (2 x) Publication and citation ethics, writing a scientific paper (1 x) EndNoteWeb (1 x) Zotero (3 x) MS Word (2 x)
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SHORT TERM COURSES INFOLESSONS
one hour presentation of library services each autumn content orientation in the library system of shelf numbers printing, copying, scanning using the library catalogue basic information about EIR
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SHORT TERM COURSES COURSES ON DEMAND lessons on a requested topic
usually about searching in databases and Zotero
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MAIN GOALS OF COURSES Place emphasis on practical skills
Explain a benefit of topics Sort the topics as a story Motivate students with simple, but practical tasks
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STRUCTURE OF LESSONS SEARCHING IN DATABASES
Types of databases and licence terms theory - 5 mins How to define keywords, use wildcards and Boolean operators theory - 15 mins Assisted searching in Metalib and using SFX training - 20 mins Searching in databases individually practice - 40 mins
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STRUCTURE OF LESSONS IMPACT FACTOR, SNIP, SJR, H-INDEX
Calculation formula and searching impact factor theory + training – 15 mins Searching impact factor individually practice – 15 mins Calculation formula and searching SNIP + SJR theory + training – 20 mins Searching SNIP + SJR individually practice – 5 mins Evaluating scientific quality of journals practice – 10 mins Calculation formula and Searching h-index in Web of Science theory + training – 10 mins Searching h-index in Web of Science individually Assested and individually searching h-index in Scopus training + practice – 40 mins
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STRUCTURE OF LESSONS PUBLICATION AND CITATION ETHICS, SCIENTIFIC WRITING Avoiding plagiarism theory - 15 mins Detecting signs of plagiarism individually practice - 5 mins Citation ethics, how to cite theory - 25 mins Searching documents in the list of bibliographic references Scientific writing theory – 35 mins
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STATISTICS
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