654-2004/01 – Effective work with database systems and data sources (EPDSZD)
Gurantor department | Department of Industrial Systems Management | Credits | 6 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Jonáš Tokarský, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Jonáš Tokarský, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2022/2023 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Bachelor, Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Student will be able to describe and classify types of sources of scientific information, to work with bibliographic and factual databases, to characterize and use identifiers and indicators, discuss the issue of open access, to identify predatory journals, to classify and identify violations of publication ethics, to identify scientific work and its characteristic elements, to present results of scientific research.
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Summary
The course introduces the sources of scientific data and their databases with the aim of using the potential of available bibliographic and factual databases for independent scientific activity and the preparation of theses. In addition to the focus on factual search, attention is paid to identifiers and indicators (metrics), the structure of scientific work, publication ethics, the open access and the issue of predatory journals. Types and methods of presenting the results of scientific research are also included in the content of the course.
Compulsory literature:
1) PLAXCO, K. W. The art of writing science. Protein Science. 2010, vol. 19, no. 12, p. 2261-2266. ISSN 1469-896X. Accessible from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3009394/
2) BORJA, A. How to Prepare a Manuscript for International Journals: Six things to do before writing your manuscript. Elsevier Connect [online]. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2018, 12 May 2014 [cit. 2023-01-04]. Accessible from: https://www.elsevier.com/connect/six-things-to-do-before-writing-your-manuscript
3) SAND-JENSEN, K. How to write consistently boring scientific literature. Oikos. 2007, vol. 116, 9. 723-727. Accessible from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15674.x
Recommended literature:
1) BORJA, A. How to Prepare a Manuscript for International Journals: 11 steps to structuring a science paper editors will take seriously. Elsevier Connect [online]. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2018, 24 June 2014 [cit. 2023-01-04]. Accessible from: https://www.elsevier.com/connect/11-steps-to-structuring-a-science-paper-editors-will-take-seriously
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Written form - processing of assigned tasks. Oral form - final presentation of the results of the semestral work. Written credit test at the end of the semester (minimum required result 50%).
E-learning
Other requirements
In addition to compulsory attendance, an individual solution of tasks within the semester work is required.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1) Reasons for working with databases; types of data sources and their characterization.
2) Structure of scientific texts, their individual parts.
3) Work with citations; overview of databases, sources of data and information; use of access through the VŠB-TUO library.
4) Ways of working with selected bibliographic databases.
5) Ways of working with selected factual databases.
6) Indicators (metrics) and identifiers.
7) Publication process; open access; OA databases.
8) Publication ethics; predation.
9) Various methods of data presentation.
10) Individual presentation of semester work results; discussion.
11) Test.
Conditions for subject completion
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