Electronic information sources II

The objective of the text support to this module is to expand the already acquired knowledge about electronic information sources, and add another category, which is databases of professional information; in concrete terms, licensed databases available at Masaryk University. 

Module objective:

• to acquaint you with databases of professional information

• to acquaint you with licensed databases for Masaryk University

• to teach you where to find them

• to teach you to search in databases of professional information

• to teach you to use tools for the work with EIS

Time expenditure

The expected time expenditure of the module as far as study is concerned: 1.5 hours. The expected time expenditure for working out an assignment: 1 hour.

Keywords: 

electronic information sources, databases of professional information, EIS portal at MU, tools for the work with EIS

Study material

Recommended bibliography

• Electronic information sources, http://vs‐eiz.zcu.cz
• Directory of Open Access Journal, http://www.doaj.org
• Research Guide by Subject (Yale University), http://www.library.yale.edu/guides
• Searchpath (Western Michigan University), http://www.wmich.edu/library/searchpath
• Tutorials (University of North Caroline), http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/tutorials.html
• Infozdroje.cz ‐ for users, http://www.aip.cz

Homework

Find 6 relevant entries on a selected topic (see below) in the relevant database. You will find access to it on the MU EIS portal.

1. ​Select topic and write it to document. 
2. Open EIS portal and use Metalib or some database. 
3. Find at least 6 relevant entries.
4. Write search query (see module How to search to information).
5. Insert bibliographic information of this entries to document (title, author, database, year and www)

 

Topics offered:

• academic freedom
• gender stereotypes
• T. S. Eliot (about author life and work)

 

Insert .pdf document on my e-mail dchytkova@phil.muni.cz till 16. 11. 2014.