Information Systems

2020/2021

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

5

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент социологии

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

2-й курс, 2, 3 модуль

Преподаватели

Александров Даниил Александрович

Лосева Алла Олеговна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

During the course, the students learn to apply information resources and specialized software to preparing analytical literature reviews (bibliographic databases – Web of Science, Scopus) and reviewing the media data (news databases – Integrum, Factiva). We discuss the strategies of information retrieval and the principles of organizing literature review, including the citation practices. The large part of the course is devoted to the principles of working with bibliographic databases: composing search query to gather citation data, using the in-built instruments to analyze scientific trends, exporting the data from the database. Using the obtained data, students practice building citation maps in the scientific landscape visualizing software (VOSviewer and CitNetExplorer) and write a literature review in a chosen field. A separate part of the course is devoted to working with news databases. In the last chapter of the course, the strategies of literature synthesis and writing the review are discussed.

Learning Objectives

• To introduce the methods of working with academic and news databases, conducting systematic literature searches and preparing literature reviews

Expected Learning Outcomes

• work with bibliographic and news databases;
• find relevant data and academic literature
• apply network methods to analyze citation data
• use the results of analysis to prepare literature reviews
• find relevant data and academic literature;
• apply network methods to analyze citation data;
• use the results of analysis to prepare literature reviews.

Course Contents

• Principles of literature review organization
  Lecture 1. Introduction to reviewing the literature. Principles of writing a literature review. Seminar 1. Course organization and policies. Academic ethics and plagiarism. Resources for information retrieval. Working with HSE e-resources. Working in the computer class.
• Principles of working with citation databases (Web of Science and Scopus)
  Seminar 2. From research interest to research topic: constructing subject and object of research. Adapting the topic for bibliographic databases: keywords. Tutorial 1. Introduction to bibliographic databases. Writing a query. Tutorial 2. Topic detective game. Topic focusing and expanding. Optimizing the scope of the review. Filtering results. Seminar 3. Academic citations. Working with citation software. Zotero/Mendeley. Seminar 4. Introduction to bibliographic networks. Citation practices. Predecessors/successors in citation networks. Network clustering.
• Creating bibliographic maps in VOSViewer and CitNetExplorer
  Seminars 5&6. Exporting search results. VOSviewer interface. Term maps. Co-citation and bibliographic coupling maps. Tutorial 3. Interpreting VOSviewer maps. Tutorials 4&5. CitNetExplorer. Dynamics in citation networks.
• Principles of working with news databases (Integrum, Factiva)
  Seminar 7. Working with the news databases. Tutorial 6. Studying the dynamics of the research field.
• Strategies of literature synthesis and writing techniques
  Seminars 8&9. Academic reading and writing tips. Structuring a literature review. Seminar 10. Discussing excerpts from literature reviews. Seminars 11&12. Mini-conference: sharing preliminary results. Discussing assessment criteria. Seminar 13. Q&A session.

Assessment Elements

• Advanced Task
• In-class Assignment
• Home Assignments
• Home Assignment 5
• Conference Poster
• Literature Review

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  The grade consists of several components: Preparation & Participation, Advanced Methods Knowledge, Literature Review Preparation. Preparation & Participation (PP) has a three-point scale: Unsatisfactory, Satisfactory, and Baseline, depending on how many module tasks (home assignments and in-class assignments) the student has successfully completed (with a passing grade). Unsatisfactory PP is assigned if the student has a passing grade on less than 40% tasks of the 2nd module OR less than 40% tasks of the 3rd module. Satisfactory is for a passing grade on no less than 40% tasks of the 2nd module AND no less than 40% tasks of the 3rd module. Baseline (BA) is for a passing grade on 70% of the 2nd module tasks AND 50% of the 3rd module tasks. Advanced Methods Knowledge is counted as the number of topics for which the student has a passing grade on the advanced tasks (AT). Literature Review Preparation has two components: Literature Review (LR) and Conference Poster (CP). Each activity is counted if it received a passing grade. The resulting grade specification is as follows: 10: BA PP and 5 AT and LR and CP 9: BA PP and 4 AT and LR and CP 8: BA PP and 3 AT and LR/CP 7: BA PP and 2 AT 6: BA PP and 1 AT 5: BA PP 4: Satisfactory PP 3, 2, 1: Unsatisfactory PP

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Davies, J., Goker, A., & Wiley InterScience (Online service). (2009). Information Retrieval : Searching in the 21st Century. Chichester, U.K.: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=308933
• Wang, G. T., & Park, K. (2016). Student Research and Report Writing : From Topic Selection to the Complete Paper. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1108252

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Martín-Martín, A., Orduna-Malea, E., Thelwall, M., & López-Cózar, E. D. (2018). Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: a systematic comparison of citations in 252 subject categories. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2018.09.002