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Master of Arts Programme
- Advanced information retrieval studies                                     
- Image retrieval studies                                             
- Personal guidance in information retrieval 

 

Advanced information retrieval studies (4-6 hrs)

For MA level studies, the library offers advanced information retrieval
training, which can be taken as part of the research skills studies of a
degree programme. The degree programmes subscribe the teaching from the library, which is responsible for implementing it.

Timing: The training should for example be taken at the time the students start working on their Master’s theses, making it possible to integrate it in theoretical or research skills studies. The aim of the course is to revise and update the students’ existing knowledge.
Implementation: 4-6 hrs of contact teaching in the library’s computer
classroom, independent exercises
Content:
•more advanced knowledge of key information sources in one’s own field, updating one’s knowledge (databases, E-journals)
•systematic information retrieval and drawing on one’s skills to write one’s own project
•determining more precisely the information needs relevant to one’s own research subject and its conceptual analysis
•a systematic information search process and strategies
•assessment of search results and information sources, source criticism
•reference practices, reference management tools

Image retrieval studies (4 hrs)

This training is subscribed from the library by each individual degree
programme.
Implementation: 4 hrs of contact teaching in the library’s computer
classroom, independent exercises
Content: The students familiarise themselves with image sources of various types. The studies also discuss source criticism and copyright issues associated with using images. The aim is  learning to use various image databases efficiently and to use image material ethically and legally.

The course includes the following entities:
•introduction to various types of material from slides to digital images
•information retrieval in image databases licensed by Aalto University Library
•Finnish image databases
•image databases of major international museums
•image service consortiums and other significant image services
•assessment of image retrieval – source criticism
•copyright, Creative Commons licences, use of images in studies

Personal guidance in information retrieval

Prior studies: Advanced course in information retrieval                          
Implementation: the student makes an appointment (1-2 hrs) with the library Personal guidance and assistance in information retrieval problems is given to students writing their theses and projects. The aim is to learn to use key information sources efficiently for one’s own research subject, such as the online material of Aalto University Library, and to also use the services of other libraries.