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INFORMATION RETRIEVAL & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, BSS

› Ph.d-skolen, BSS: 250 studerende – 7 programmer

› Opstart F2013 – efter drøftelse med Ph.d.-skolen

Ikke-obligatorisk; ingen ects“Tværfagligt” – deltagere fra alle programmer Sprog: engelskTre lektioner + workshop

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FORMÅL

The main goal of this course is to provide participants with skills to enhance the efficiency of the search process in the beginning of a PhD project.

›“… Think o f info rm a tio n re trie va l & m ana g e m e nt a s o ne o f m any m e tho d o lo g ic a l cho ic e s … ”

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INDHOLD: TRE LEKTIONER + WORKSHOP

Lektion 1:

›Search techniques

›Conventional subject searching

›Building search strategies (keyword mapping)

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INDHOLD

Lektion 2:

›Reference lists & Citation searches

›Identifying core journals (Ulrichsweb)

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INDHOLD

Lektion 3:

›Managing Information:

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INDHOLD

› Your own personal to do list Workshop

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EVALUERING – 24 BESVARELSER

19: highly/very relevant3: relevant/pretty relevant

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MOST IMPORTANT POINT IN THE COURSE:

“This is a bit o f a wa s p ’s ne s t tha t I d idn’t kno w e x is te d : a ll the d iffe re nt da ta ba s e s vs s e a rch e ng ine s vs p ublis he rs e tc . Ba s ic a lly I ha ve o nly s e a rche d thro ug h Pro q ue s t – but no w I c a n s e e tha t the ba s is o f this m e tho d is n’t g o o d e no ug h. ”