VIKMA06 Search and Analytical Surveying

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Šmejkal (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zdeněk Kadlec, Dr.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Dušová
Timetable
Fri 10:00–11:35 A01
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Purpose of this course is explain students methods and principles of searching information, give them view into modern trends in Information Retrieval, show them how different searching techniques and algorithms works. Goal is to improve students practice in searching information and clarify them this domain. Despite the trend of simplifying this area and making it as most intuitive as it can be, students and professionals of this field should have deeper knowledge then others.
Syllabus
  • Research activity - theoretical foundations, basic terminology; definition of problem and identification of information need, formulation of research request and query; research strategies and tactics during searching in databases; searching with assistance of information retrieval languages; tools for creating and managing personal bibliographies, research strategies on the internet;valuation of information and sources.
Literature
  • Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval / Gerard Salton, Michael J. McGill.. -- New York : McGraw-Hill, 1983.. -- 448 s.
  • Modern information retrieval / Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Berthier Ribeiro-Neto.. -- New York : ACM Press, c1999.. -- xx, 513 s.
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/FF:VIKMA06!
Teaching methods
- lectures - homework reading - class discussion
Assessment methods
Course is finalized with oral exam. Condition for enrolment to oral exam is handing of paper and passing written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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