Information retrieval 2 (5 cr)
Code: 4A00CU28-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 16.04.2022 - 07.09.2022
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 05.09.2022 - 13.11.2022
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Library and Information Services
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Business Administration, Library and Information Services
- Teachers
- Ari Haasio
- Course
- 4A00CU28
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
The student knows how key concepts of information retrieval and a deeper theoretical foundations
The student can make use of different databases for search tasks
Content
Databases and their use in information retrieval
Evaluation criteria
Materials
Haasio, A. Harviainen, J. T.& Savolainen, R. 2019. Johdatus tiedonhankintatutkimukseen. Helsinki: BTJ.
Haasio, A. & Ojaranta, A. & Mattila, M. 2018. Valheen jäljillä. Helsinki: Avain.
Teaching methods
Lectures, excercises, online excercises & essay
Exam schedules
No exam
Student workload
135 h lectures & online excercises
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student has sufficiently participated in contact studies and completed the assignments included in the course and passed a possible exam
The student is able to describe orally and in writing the key theories of information retrieval the student knows the basic use of different databases
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Student’s participation has been active in contact studies and part-time studies
The student is able to use different databases fluently
The student is able to apply information retrieval theories in practice
The student is able to evaluate the strategy and implementation of each piece of information on a situation-by-situation basis
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student has actively participated in the course and its various forms of work
The student has a good overall understanding of information retrieval theories and is able to apply them in practice
The student is able to use databases and other search methods fluently and in a versatile way based on the situation
The student is able to make extensive, diverse and strategically well-planned information searches.