Identifying different sources of scientific and technical information. Defining a need for information. Search, retrieval and filtering techniques of information. Strategies, approaches and tools to perform a literature review and to determine the technological state of the art. Techniques to optimize information search. Management methods (organize-find-monitor) for gathered and created information. Ethical and legal use and handling of information. Dissemination and valorisation of relevant information. Implementation of monitoring activities. Principles of critical analysis of a scientific article. Application to a research project.
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Workshop plan
Session 1
(3,25 h.)
Understand
the process of creating scientific information. Find out about means to access
the Invisible Web. Find information
sources and types of documents relevant to literature reviews. Be aware of the
main ethical and legal requirements related to the use of information. Discover
the benefits of using bibliographic management software.
Session 2
(3,25 h.)
Find documents
in various information sources. Search by citation. Develop a search strategy.
Session 3
(3,25 h.)
Optimize a
search strategy. Search by author. Find dissertations and theses. Identify
tools and methods to keep up to date.
Session 4
(3,25 h.)
Discover
information sources for patents and standards. Find business directories and
industrial catalogs. Be aware of key issues of publishing in open access versus
commercial publishing. Learn basic principles for analyzing the contributions
and limitations of scientific articles.
Evaluation
Self-diagnostic
Test (10%)
Individual
Assignment 1: Search strategy for literature review (25%)
Exam (40%)
Individual
Assignment 2: Analysis of an article related to the doctoral student’s project
(25%)
The final grade for this course is ‘‘Pass’’ or
‘‘Fail’’. Attendance and participation at each of the four sessions are
required to obtain the credit.
- Responsable du site: Patrick Desjardins
- Responsable du site: Manon Du Ruisseau
- Responsable du site: Camille Fitch-Kustcher
- Responsable du site: Élise Saint-Jacques
- Responsable du site: Minea Valle Fajer
- Enseignant (éditeur): Denise Audet
- Enseignant (éditeur): Élise Anne Basque
- Enseignant (éditeur): Julien Chevrier
- Enseignant (éditeur): Olivia Fernandez Pereda
- Enseignant (éditeur): Brendan Fitzgibbon
- Enseignant (éditeur): Émilie Gingras-Bergeron
- Enseignant (éditeur): Barbara Sandrzyk
- Enseignant (éditeur): Arina Soare