SYLLABUS
COURSE TITLE
/DEPARTMENT
Online databases of publications and abstracts
Faculty of Education
Department of Media Education
Kod przedmiotu/COURSE CODE
DEGREE PROGRAMME
FACULTY
Education/Pedagogy
COURSE FORMAT
YEAR AND SEMESTER
COURSE COORDINATOR
INSTRUCTOR(S)
QUALIFICATION LEVEL
STUDY MODE
BA, MA
Full-time
Specialist education course
2015/2016 - Summer semester
Sławomir Rębisz, PhD
Sławomir Rębisz, PhD (rebiszuniv@poczta.onet.pl)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Getting acquainted with the basic terminology: online database of publications,
bibliographic citations index, bibliometrics, impact factor, bibliographic footnote/endnote,
bibliography, citation.
2. Acquiring the skill of using the mechanisms of segregation and selecting the necessary
information from online databases, and the classification of scientific literature/academic
resources.
3. Acquiring the skill of using online databases to create your own database of publications,
bibliographies and footnotes/endnotes.
PREREQUISITES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Ability to use Information Technology efficiently
KNOWLEDGE:
1. Students will become acquainted with the basic concepts
relating to online databases of publications and abstracts
(online publications database, bibliographic citations
index, bibliometrics, impact factor, bibliographic
footnote/endnote, bibliography, citation) and with the role
of bibliographic databases in the development of science.
2. Students will have the basic knowledge of ethical principles
and standards regarding the preparation of bibliography
and footnotes/endnotes, also with regards to copyright
and intellectual property law.
SKILLS:
1. Students will be able to take advantage of modern IT and
technologies and information resources (online databases
of publications and abstracts) for the purpose of obtaining
data relevant to the social sciences, as well as apply
appropriate mechanisms of segregation and selection of
necessary data/information and to classify the scientific
literature.
FINAL COURSE OUTPUT - SOCIAL COMPETENCES
1. Students will appreciate the role of the knowledge of the
skilful use of online databases of publications and abstracts
in designing their own academic development.
COURSE ORGANISATION –LEARNING FORMAT AND NUMBER OF HOURS
Classes/seminars
COURSE DESCRIPTION
1. Bibliographic databases as a source of scientific information - the idea and structure of the
citation indexes.
2. Impact Factor Indicator.
3. A review of available databases and their characteristics:
- Foreign databases and journals (Science Direct, Springer, Wiley Online Library, EBSCO
databases)
- Citation indexes (Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, Publish or Perish)
4. Non-commercial Zotero software as a tool for creating your own database of publications,
web archive, bibliography and footnotes/endnotes (formats: APA - American Psychological
Association, Chicago Manual of Style, Harvard Citation Style).
5. Presentation of the end-of- semester works.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS
GRADING SYSTEM
TOTAL STUDENT WORKLOAD
NEEDED TO ACHIEVE EXPECTED
LEARNING OUTCOMES EXPRESSED
IN TIME AND ECTS CREDIT POINTS
Exercise: Work with online databases of publications and
abstracts - source data analysis and interpretation,
activating methods (debate)
Project work
The course credit is based on the preparation of project
work. Students must attend classes and complete the
project work, which will be marked. The mark obtained for
the project work counts as course credit.
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teaching hours, according to the plan – 15 hours
preparation for classes – 30 hours
participation in the consultations – 5 hours
preparation of the project work – 50 hours
Total 100 hours
Total ECTS points – 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
INTERNSHIP
English
Not required
MATERIALS
PRIMARY OR REQUIRED BOOKS/READINGS:
 Ball R., Tunger D. (2006), Science Indicators
Revisited – Science Citation Index versus SCOPUS: A
Bibliometric Comparison of Both Citation
Databases, „Information Services and Use”, 26 (4).
 Jacso P. (2005), As We May Search – Comparison of
Major Features of the Web of Science, Scopus, and
Google Scholar Citation-based and Citationenhanced Databases, „Current Science”, 89 (9).
 Kousha K., Thelwall M. (2008), Sources of Google
Scholar Citations Outside the Science Citation
Index: A Comparison Between four Science
Disciplines, „Scientometrics”, 74 (2).
 Meho L.I., Yang K. (2007), Impact of Data Sources
on Citation Counts and Rankings of LIS Faculty:
Web of Science versus Scopus and Google Scholar,
„J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.Technol.”, 58 (13).
SUPPLEMENTAL OR OPTIONAL BOOKS/READINGS:
 Archambault E., Campbell D., Gingras Y., Lariviere
V. (2009), Comparing Bibliometric Statistics
Obtained from the Web of Science and Scopus,
„Journal of the American Society for Information
Science and Technology : JASIST”, 60 (7).
 Bar-Ilan J. (2008), Which h-index? — A Comparison
of WoS, Scopus and Google Scholar,
„Scientometrics”, 74 (2).
 De Bellis N. (2009), Bibliometrics and Citation
Analysis: From the Science Citation Index to
Cybermetrics, Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md.
 Leydesdorff L. (1998), Theories of Citation?,
„Scientometrics”, 43 (1).
Additional materials will be provided during the classes
COURSE COORDINATOR ’S
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