1 ECTS credit

English

The course unit is offered in the autumn and in the spring term. It is recommended to take the course at the beginning of the doctoral studies.

After completing the course the students will master the process of systematic information seeking and will be able to find the most important and high-impact international literature on their research subject. The students will also be familiar with the publishing practices in their field of study and they will be able to evaluate the importance of scientific publications. They will understand the issues associated with open science and the managing of research data. After the course they will apply what they have learned in the publishing process of an academic dissertation and/or article.

Process of systematic information seeking and the most important databases of disciplines. Evaluation of publications based on quantitative and qualitative methods. Societal impact of publications. Visibility of researchers and research. Open science, open access publishing, research data. Managing references. Copyright.

classroom instruction, homework

 Classroom teaching 10 h, self-study 17 h

Doctoral students

Following library guides:

Finding scientific information http://libguides.oulu.fi/findinginformation

Evaluation based on scientific publishing http://libguides.oulu.fi/evaluatingpublications

Research visibility http://libguides.oulu.fi/researchvisibility

Open access publishing http://libguides.oulu.fi/openpublishing

Research data http://libguides.oulu.fi/researchdata

 Participation in classroom teaching and successful completion of the course assignments. .

Pass/fail

Information specialists at Oulu University Library