Based on our long-time experience, on the feedback from students and also on knowledge from scientific literature, the following structure of courses focused on work with scientific information (and related topics), which students should go through during their studies, seems as ideal. Positive influence of these courses /seminars / lectures on increasing information literacy of students, increasing quality of final theses and reducing student failure rate has been shown in the long run. Therefore we recommend the following structure of training courses:
- Courses structure for bachelor students
- 1st year of Bc. studies (WS, perhaps even within the frame of the orientation course before the start of the WS):
- Introductory information about the library services and about available information resources for studying at the CZU (including the familiarization with the building).
- Escape Library - take the possibility of interactive form of the library presentation.
- 2nd year of Bc. studies (SS)
- Basics:
- Effective search for scientific information
- Citing and citation managers
- Basics of scientific writing in Czech
- Can also be included:
- Critical evaluation of scientific information
- How to present graphs
- Basics:
- 1st year of Bc. studies (WS, perhaps even within the frame of the orientation course before the start of the WS):
- Courses structure for master students
- 1st year of Mgr. studies (WS or SS)
- Basics:
- Effective search for scientific information
- Citing and citation managers
- Basics of scientific writing in Czech
- Can also be included:
- Critical evaluation of scientific information
- How to present graphs
- Effective use of citation databases (Web of Science and Scopus)
- Basics:
- 1st year of Mgr. studies (WS or SS)
- Courses structure for doctorals
- Doctoral studies (1st or 2nd year of studies)
- Basics:
- Information resources for science and research
- Effective use of citation databases (Web Of Science and Scopus)
- Citation managers
- Scientific publishing
- Ethics of scientific work and plagiarism
- Basics of Open Science and Open Access
- Scientific identificators
- Social networks for scientists
- Basics:
- Doctoral studies (1st or 2nd year of studies)