Information retrieval course (OBS)
Code: BO00AL54
Timing: The course is held during period 3.
Target group: Students of the Oulu Business School
Connections to other courses: The course is a mandatory part of BO00AL54 Bachelor's Thesis in International Business Management.
Objectives: Upon completion of the course, the student can search scientific information, can use the most important databases of their discipline, knows how to evaluate search results and information sources and understands the importance of reference management.
Contents: Scientific information retrieval process: finding search terms, the most important databases and publication channels of the discipline, evaluation of the reliability of information sources and reference management.
Teaching methods: Lectures 6 h and self-study 21 h.
Teaching language: English
Learning material: Finding scientific information
Assessment criteria: Passing the course requires attendance at lectures and completion of the course assignments.
Assessment scale: Pass/fail. Pass corresponds to a grade of 3.
Persons in charge: University Library information specialists
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To pass the course, you must attend three lectures and successfully complete the course assignment.
Course information will be sent to registered participants by email before the course begins.
Absence from your own group's session can be compensated by attending a corresponding session (in Finnish) of another group. Ask your teacher for group information. One absence is allowed but must be compensated with additional tasks.
1. Lecture
2. Lecture
3. Lecture
4. Course assignment
