Search for academic information Code:  65.549    Credits:  0
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This is the course plan for the second semester of the academic year 2023/2024. To check whether the course is being run this semester, go to the Virtual Campus section More UOC / The University / Programmes of study section on Campus. Once teaching starts, you'll be able to find it in the classroom. The course plan may be subject to change.
The objective is to know how to make a search for relevant academic information to apply in the state of the question of a subject or to be able to do the bibliographic review of the thesis.

It shows how to find information in the library of the UOC (ebooks, electronic journals, peer-review articles, proceedings, etc.) and also to the generic, bibliometric and specialized databases in each of the thematic areas of the doctorates of the UOC.

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Have an excellent level of English.

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This workshop lasts fifteen days (usually the course starts in October).

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Objectives

Enter scientific documentation accessible from the UOC Library (databases, journals, etc.) related to the fields of specialization of the three phDs of the UOC.

Other objectives

  • Present library resources and services for PhDs
  • Send the most appropriate sources of information for each specific area
  • It presents the main features of the database: Advanced search forms, reference downloads, customization tools, etc.

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1. Search databases

2. Search for electronic magazines

3. Specialized databases:

  • Education and ICT (e-learning)
  • Information and Knowledge Society
  • Network and Information Technologies

4. Looking for advanced databases

5. Search for electronic resources

6. ISI and Scopus (although there is a seminar explaining how to select tools to publish)

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Material Support
Search for academic information Web

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Self learning:

  • Reading and understanding the learning resources available in the classroom
  • Monitoring and tutoring: comments to the tile/forum to explain some content, ask/resolve questions, set an example or share a resource.

Activities: 

  • A Continuous Evaluation Activity (CAT).

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The assessment process is based on the student's personal work and presupposes authenticity of authorship and originality of the exercises completed.

Lack of authenticity of authorship or originality of assessment tests, copying or plagiarism, the fraudulent attempt to obtain a better academic result, collusion to copy or concealing or abetting copying, use of unauthorized material or devices during assessment, inter alia, are offences that may lead to serious academic or other sanctions.

Firstly, you will fail the course (D/0) if you commit any of these offences when completing activities defined as assessable in the course plan, including the final tests. Offences considered to be misconduct include, among others, the use of unauthorized material or devices during the tests, such as social media or internet search engines, or the copying of text from external sources (internet, class notes, books, articles, other students' essays or tests, etc.) without including the corresponding reference.

And secondly, the UOC's academic regulations state that any misconduct during assessment, in addition to leading to the student failing the course, may also lead to disciplinary procedures and sanctions.

The UOC reserves the right to request that students identify themselves and/or provide evidence of the authorship of their work, throughout the assessment process, and by the means the UOC specifies (synchronous or asynchronous). For this purpose, the UOC may require students to use a microphone, webcam or other devices during the assessment process, and to make sure that they are working correctly.

The checking of students' knowledge to verify authorship of their work will under no circumstances constitute a second assessment.

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You can only pass the course if you participate in and pass the continuous assessment. Your final mark for the course will be the mark you received in the continuous assessment.


Weighting of marks

Option to pass the course: Continuous assessment

Final course mark: Continuous assessment

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It is essential to overcome all scheduled activities in order to be able to submit to the final test, called the synthesis test.

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