European Union's information sources 2700-L-API-Z3IS-UE
Information of the European Union due to its specificity generates a number of unique problems in terms of its searchability and organization. It consists of information generated by European institutions and information sent by institutions of EU Member States. The former are much more orderly due to the full control of the EU over their structure and methods of description. The latter, on the other hand, are the basis of many systems (e.g. n-lex), in which it is necessary not so much to rely on the information itself, which is most often created in national languages, but on the metadata attached to it.
As part of the course, students learn about the main EU databases and information systems available on the Internet (i.e. physical information facilities are skipped), learn about their search tools, and learn to choose sources and formulate queries relevant to the information problem being analyzed.
Type of course
Mode
Learning outcomes
The graduate knows and understands:
- scope of content available in the European Union databases discussed in class
- rules of using search tools available for individual databases
The graduate can:
- indicate and use information sources adequate for the analyzed problem
- plan and implement an information search strategy to solve an example problem
The graduate is ready to:
- assessing and developing the knowledge and skills to use European information sources
Practical placement
none
Bibliography
Classes do not require the use of literature.
Additional information
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: