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Archived Curricula Guide 2017–2019
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ITIS16 Information practices literature 5–20 ECTS
Organised by
Degree Programme in Information Studies and Interactive Media
Corresponding course units in the curriculum
School of Information Sciences
Curricula 2015 – 2017

Contents

a) Information practices
b) Information retrieval systems
c) Interactive information retrieval
d) Task-based information retrieval

Teaching methods

Teaching method Contact Online
Exam

Teaching language

English, Finnish

Modes of study

Option 1
Available for:
  • Degree Programme Students
  • Other Students
  • Open University Students
  • Doctoral Students
  • Exchange Students
Written exam 
In Finnish
Option 2
Available for:
  • Degree Programme Students
  • Other Students
  • Open University Students
  • Doctoral Students
  • Exchange Students
Essay 
In Finnish
Option 3
Available for:
  • Degree Programme Students
  • Other Students
  • Open University Students
  • Doctoral Students
  • Exchange Students
in English  Written exam 
In English
Option 4
Available for:
  • Degree Programme Students
  • Other Students
  • Open University Students
  • Doctoral Students
  • Exchange Students
in English  Essay 
In English

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

a) Information practices
Literary exam:
- Case, Looking for information. A survey of research on information needs, seeking and behavior. 3rd revised ed. Emerald 2012.
- Pauleen & Gorman (Eds), Personal knowledge management. Individual, organizational and social perspectives. Gower 2011.
- Savolainen, Everyday information practices. Scarecrow 2008.

Essay: Please contact the teacher for more instructions

b) Information retrieval systems
- Baeza-Yates, R &Ribeiro-Neto, B. (2011). Modern Information Retrieval: The concepts and technology behind search. 2nd ed. New York, Addison-Wesley.Please contact the teacher for more instructions.

c) Interactive information retrieval
- Xie, I. (2008). Interactive Information Retrieval in Digital Environments. Hershey, IGI Publishing.
- White, R. &Roth, R. (2009). Exploratory search: Beyond the Query-Response Paradigm. Morgan &Claypool.
- Kelly, D. (2009).Methods for evaluating interactive information retrieval systems with users. Foundations and Trendsin Information Retrieval 3(2009), 1–224. URL: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.174.8814&rep=rep1&type=pdf

d) Task-based information retrieval
- Ingwersen, P. & Järvelin, K. The Turn: Integration of Information Seeking and Retrieval in Context. Springer 2005.
- articles from the reading list.

Belongs to following study modules

Faculty of Communication Sciences
Faculty of Communication Sciences
2018–2019
Teaching
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