546-0088/07 – Informatics and Bibliography (IaB)

Gurantor department	Department of Environmental Engineering	Credits	2
Subject guarantor	Mgr. Alena Kašpárková, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	Mgr. Alena Kašpárková, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Compulsory
Year	3	Semester	winter
		Study language	English
Year of introduction	2019/2020	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	HGF	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
SOC071	Mgr. Alena Kašpárková, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Credit	0+2
Part-time	Credit	0+8

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Students are able to sort information sources, classify information, and know the available sources of information in order to work with bibliographic records. Student knows the basics of writing and communicating research, including referring to sources. Stundets are supported in writing their final theses.

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Summary

The aim of the course is to offer students an opportunity to obtain the essential knowledge to be able to work with traditional documents, information sources and library services or other information workplaces, including being capable of independent work with electronic resources. To equip students with theoretical as well as practical fundamentals of information literacy, which they will find useful during their university studies, professional practice and during their long-life education. The course supports students in writing their final theses.

Compulsory literature:

ECO, U. How to write a thesis. MIT Press Ltd. 2015. BELCHER, Wendy Laura. Writing your journal article in 12 weeks: a guide to academic publishing success. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4129-5701-4. MURRAY, Neil L. a David BEGLAR. Writing dissertations and theses. Harlow: Pearson Longman, 2009. Inside track. ISBN 978-0-273-72170-3. TURABIAN, Kate L. A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations: Chicago style for students and researchers. 7th ed. / revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, and University of Chicago Press editorial staff. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. ISBN 978-0-226-82337-9.

Recommended literature:

COGHILL, Anne M. a Lorrin R. GARSON, eds. The ACS style guide: effective communication of scientific information. 3rd ed. Washington: American Chemical Society, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8412-3999-9. COUNCIL OF SCIENCE EDITORS.Scientific style and format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. 7th ed. Reston: Council of Science Editors, 2006. ISBN 0-9779665-0-X. GREENE, Anne E. Writing science in plain English. Chicago: The University Of Chicago Press, [2013]. Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. ISBN 978-0-226-02637-4. SWORD, Helen. Stylish academic writing. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-674-06448-5.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

regular participation in seminars 3 essays

E-learning

Other requirements

Minimal attendance 80%, active participation in the seminars, handing in 10 pages of the theoretical or practical part of the Bachelor Thesis

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1) The basics of academic/scietific work 2) Types of scientific and other works 3) Information sources and how to approach them 4) Guidelines to process a Bachelor Thesis 5) Ethics and plagiarism 6) Referring to sources and the bibliography 7) Quoting, paraphrasing and summarising 8) Bibliographic citations according to ČSN ISO 690 9) Work with reference managers 10) Academic text - content-wise aspects 11) Academic text - language-wise aspects 12) Argumentation 13) Text editing 14) Presentation of the Bachelor Thesis

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points
Credit	Credit	100	51

Mandatory attendence parzicipation: 80% attendance

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Field of study	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2021/2022	(B2110) Geological Engineering	(2101R003) Geological Engineering	P	English	Ostrava	3	Compulsory	study plan
2020/2021	(B2110) Geological Engineering	(2101R003) Geological Engineering	P	English	Ostrava	3	Compulsory	study plan
2019/2020	(B2110) Geological Engineering	(2101R003) Geological Engineering	P	English	Ostrava	3	Compulsory	study plan

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