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Lecturer(s)
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Petřivalský Marek, prof. Mgr. Dr.
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Course content
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1. Introduction to information in science - storing, searching and exchanging information in the history and present of humanity and science. 2. Primary information sources - scientific articles (original and review articles, structure and content of articles - introduction, methods, results, discussion, cited literature, authors and affiliations, submission, article DOI. Review and editorial processes. 3. Scientific journals - relevant journals in the field of natural sciences and biochemistry. Journal content, formatting, online availability - abstracts and full texts. Journal publishers and web portals, CrossRef service. 4. Information database - full texts and citation database. Search using keywords, author name, structure search. Chemical Database - Beilstein Abstracts. Web of Science, SCOPUS, PubMed. NCBI, BRENDA, EXPASY portal. Google Scholar Service. Palacký University's online resources and electronic library. 5. Other information sources - edited books and monographs, book series. Patent databases. Information about products from companies - "white books", safety data sheets. 6. Scientific meetings - oral and poster presentations, plenary lectures and conference sections, collections of abstracts, satellite symposia. 7. Social media and networks - specific use in the exchange of scientific information. Scientific networks - LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Academia. Document sharing services. 8. Access to information and costs - paid subscription and open access system, publication and financing costs, preprint servers, predatory journals and conferences. 9. Basics of scientometrics and bibliometrics - journal indexing, impact of articles, journal and institution, citation analysis, h-index, ORCID identifier. 10. Personal storage of information and citation - local and cloud storage, bibliographic software (EndNote and EndNote Web, OBD Pro), citation tools during text processing. ?
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
- Attendace
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 20 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 10 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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To provide students with practical skills, necessary for their further studies, related to searching chemical and biochemical literature and databases, searching, storing and using data in their qualification work.
Get an overview of the available information resources that can be used for further study and preparation of qualification theses, acquire basic skills for using information resources, propose solutions to model problems when processing literary solutions.
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Prerequisites
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Study of bachelors program of Biochemistry.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student, Written exam
100% participation in classes Successful completion of three homework assignments Successful completion of the final written test with at least 50% of the maximum number of points and the subsequent oral colloquium.
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Recommended literature
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Electronic Information Resources (EIR) of Palacky University in Olomouc.
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https://web2.mlp.cz/koweb/00/04/23/37/07/elektronicke-informacni-zdroje.pdf.
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Bawden D., Robinson L. (2012). Introduction to Information Science. Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1st edition.
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Vymětal, J. (2010). Informační zdoje v odborné literatuře. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR.
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