Competencies and objectives

Provisional information. Pending approval by the Department Council.

 

Course context for academic year 2025-26

Virtual training activity designed to develop basic transversal competences in information management and retrieval applied to the fields of knowledge. This activity will enable the recognition of an information need, as well as obtaining, evaluating, using and communicating this information effectively. This includes both information in conventional formats and that presented in electronic format, ensuring its appropriate use according to the problem posed.

 

 

Learning outcomes / Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26

Competencias básicas

  • CB11 : Systematic comprehension of a field of study and mastery of the skills and research methods related to said field. (The term "field" is replaced by "area" as from the application of Royal Decree 576/2023, of 4 July)
  • CB12 : Ability to conceive, design or create, put into practice, and adopt a substantial research or creation process.
  • CB13 : Ability to contribute to the expansion of knowledge barriers through original research.
  • CB16 : Ability to foment scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural advances within a knowledge-based society in academic and professional contexts.
  • CB17 : Ability to promote Open Science and Citizen Science, in accordance with article 12 of Spanish Organic Law 2/2023, of 22 March, as means of contributing to the consideration of scientific knowledge as a common good. This can be accomplished by assessing transversal activities conducted by the doctoral student. The activities shall be related to different dimensions of Open Science and Citizen Science, as well as the training acquired in these disciplines in the form of micro-credentials or similar (from the application of Royal Decree 576/2023, of 4 July).
  • CB6 : Poseer y comprender conocimientos que aporten una base u oportunidad de ser originales en el desarrollo y/o aplicación de ideas, a menudo en un contexto de investigación.

 

Capacidades y destrezas personales

  • CA01 : To cope with contexts in which there is little specific information.
  • CA03 : To design, create, develop, and carry out innovative projects in your field of knowledge.
  • CA04 : To be able to work as a team and as an individual in an international and multidisciplinary context.
  • CA05 : To process knowledge, cope with complexity and formulate judgements with limited information
  • CA06 : To criticize and defend solutions intellectually.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26

  • Know the general principles and stages of an information search and learn search techniques.
  • Identify the sources of information and resources subscribed by the University in the scientific discipline.
  • Know the Document Access Service (Interlibrary Loan).
  • Correctly prepare bibliographic citations for different types of documents, following a standardised system.
  • Understand the basic principles of intellectual property and acquire notions of licences for use, with an in-depth study of Creative Commons licences.
  • Know the functions and characteristics of bibliographic managers.
  • Identify the signs of quality in books and scientific journals and learn about their main tools.
  • To learn how to choose the most appropriate author signature and correctly indicate institutional affiliation.
  • Understand the differences between traditional and open access publishing systems.
  • Use tools to keep up to date with scientific information.

 

 

General

Code: 500400
Lecturer responsible:
Balsera Izquierdo, Ángela María
Credits ECTS: 1,00
Theoretical credits: 0,40
Practical credits: 0,00
Distance-base hours: 0,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: UA Library Administration
    Area: Univesity of Alicante (Courses of Specialisation-Continues)
    Theoretical credits: 0,4
    Practical credits: 0
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught