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Information Literacy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:15.08.2022 11:09:17
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | B_015 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Daiga Spila | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Library | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, biblioteka rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 15 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 15 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic skills in work with computers, state language and English language proficiency. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To improve the quality of study process in the fields of information collection, extraction and processing by providing students with general overview on options for the information search in the field of medicine and dentistry, in-depth skills in searching for medicine-related information in online databases and database PubMed. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Information literacy. Information seeking. Define topic (keywords, search terms). Information retrieval techniques: basic and advanced search, phrase search, hyphenating, truncating, boolen logic. Evaluating and saving information. Catalogue and finding books in library catalogues. Institutional repository. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 2 | E-books databases: EBSCO, Ebook Central, AccessMedicine, AccessPharmacy, ClinicalKey. Information searching, evaluating and saving the results. Primo search tool. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 3 | Types of scientific journals. Electronic journals. Full text journal databases. Information searching, evaluating and saving the results. Full-text versions of articles. International Interlibrary loan. Citation databases. Journal impact factor searching. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 4 | Citing and referencing. Systems of referencing. References from databases, Primo tool. Reference tool EndNote. RSU rules for creating references. Internet searching systems (search engines, metasearch engines, deep web). Searching of trustworthy and reliable medical and dentistry information. Quality of medical information in internet (principles of quality). Evaluating the quality of open access resources. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 5 | Database PubMed. PubMed tools. Searching and managing results. Saving searches (MyNCBI). Getting the article. MeSH database (controlled medical vocabulary). Journal Database. Single Citation Matcher. PubMed Central. Clinical Queries tool. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | IIndependent and systematic learning from the indicated readings and information sources. Individual or group work in completing assignments on information search and presentation of the results. The student consolidates the acquired lecture material by reading the indicated sources, actively working with RSU subscribed databases and free access resources, performing independent work and submitting them. The aim of the practical work is to get acquainted with each resource, in which you can search for high-quality and evaluated information for your research work, to be able to evaluate the quality of resources in online resources, as well as to understand the connection between these resources for full text retrieval and reference. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in classes. 100% independent work and homework. Final test: test. Invitation to fill in the study course evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the course, students will have gained knowledge allowing to identity and evaluate reliable, verified and scientific information resources in the field of dentistry and medicine. Students will be able to demonstrate information searching tools and develop appropriate strategy for information searching and apply critical thinking for the assessment of obtained information. They will be able to apply Web 2.0 resources and opportunities for the receiving and organizing of current information in the field of dentistry. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to work independently with electronic resources in the field of medicine and dentistry, apply extended search skills for the obtaining of electronic information. They will be able to carry out the extended search options in online databases, the world's largest database of medical journals PubMed, and create accurate searching strategies and save the obtained results. Students will develop their digital skills related to data, information and digital content management. Students will be able to use digital technologies, create a personal profile in information resources, adapt their activities according to copyright and licenses, as well as be able to find and cite authors from digital content. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students, applying the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge, will be able to carry out high quality, evaluated information searches. They will independently analyse information search options and situations and will develop an appropriate search strategy. They will critically analyse the reliability and usefulness of the information found, its compliance with the topic and specific situation and they will create complete reference lists. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone K., Pipere A. Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana / Kristīnes Mārtinsones un Anitas Piperes zinātniskajā redakcijā; autori: Uldis Berķis, Maija Dambrova, Inese Gobiņa, Kristīne Mārtinsone; Ivans Jānis Mihailovs [un vēl 7 autori]. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2019. | ||||||||
| 2 | Spila D., Znotiņa I. Medicīnas informācijas pamatu apgūšana elektroniskajos resursos: Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā [Elektroniskais resurss]. Rīga: RSU, 2014. Pieejams tiešsaistē: http://www.rsu.lv/images/stories/dokumenti/publikacijas/13-… | ||||||||
| 3 | Spila D. Pasaules medicīnas citējamo žurnālu datubāze PubMed un informācijas meklēšanas iespējas: Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā [Elektroniskais resurss]. Rīga: RSU, 2013. Pieejams tiešsaistē: http://www.rsu.lv/images/stories/dokumenti/publikacijas/12-… | ||||||||
| 4 | NCBI handbook. 2021 | ||||||||
| 5 | Phil Bradley. Expert Internet Searching. Facet Publishing, 2017. (EBSCO) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Berkman, Robert I. Find It Fast : Extracting Expert Information From Social Networks, Big Data, Tweets, and More. Information Today, 2015. (EBSCO) | ||||||||
| 2 | Freedman T. Coming of age: an introduction to the NEW worldwide web [electronic publication]. [cited 2015 May 25]. (EBSCO) | ||||||||
| 3 | Teaching Information Literacy and Writing Studies : Volume 2, Upper-Level and Graduate Courses, edited by Grace Veach, Purdue University Press, 2019. (EBSCO) | ||||||||
| 4 | Downey, Annie. Critical Information Literacy : Foundations, Inspiration, and Ideas. Library Juice Press, 2016. (EBSCO) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Apmācību ceļvedis Informācijpratība [Elektronisks resurss]. (2021, 12 12). Pieejams tiešsaistē: http://www.netvibes.com/info_med#INFORMACIJA | ||||||||
