Postgraduate course 2023/2024

Working with Bibliography in Scientific Research

Type: Compulsory course

Area of studies: Postgraduate Studies

Delivered by: School of Sociology

When: 1 year, 1 semester

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Andrey Shevchuk

Language: English

ECTS credits: 2

Contact hours: 24

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The purpose of the discipline is to develop among graduate students the skills of substantiating a chosen topic, formulating a research problem, drawing up a plan and structure of work, formulating research questions, goals and objectives, peer review, book reviewing, preparing a review of sources, planning, writing and preparing for publication of academic texts, skills academic work with bibliographic sources using modern software.

Learning Objectives

• The purpose of the discipline is to develop among graduate students the skills of substantiating a chosen topic, formulating a research problem, drawing up a plan and structure of work, formulating research questions, goals and objectives, peer review, book reviewing, preparing a review of sources, planning, writing and preparing for publication of academic texts, skills academic work with bibliographic sources using modern software.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Student finds relevant literature on a topic, using academic search engines, full-texts databases, and bibliographic databases.
• Student is able to access the quality of a piece of academic literature based on various dimensions.
• Student uses Zotero to collect, organize, and cite the literature.

Course Contents

• Working with Bibliography: general principles and issues
• Searching strategies and tips
• Using Zotero

Assessment Elements

• Preparing an electronic library in the bibliographic manager (Zotero)
  Homework involves creating an electronic library in the Zotero program, which must meet quantitative, qualitative and technical criteria previously formulated by the teacher.
• Mutual library cross-checking
  Students cross-check each other's work for compliance with quantitative, qualitative and technical criteria formulated by the teacher.

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 1st semester
  0.3 * Mutual library cross-checking + 0.7 * Preparing an electronic library in the bibliographic manager (Zotero)

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Puckett, J. (2011). Zotero : A Guide for Librarians, Researchers, and Educators. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=452121

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., & Williams, J. M. (2008). The Craft of Research, Third Edition (Vol. 3rd ed). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=272563