Information Sources and Research Methodology

Code:

MHP007

Acronym:

FIMP

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in History and Heritage

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EHP	4	Course Programme	1	-	6	60	162
MHP	15	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	60	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To develop documentary and bibliographic research skills in Social and Human Sciences, particularly in historiographic research.
- To provide tools, techniques, and methods for information research.
- To promote the practical application of those methods and research techniques in actual research practice.
- To be familiar with some data source in a context of historical research

Program

A. DEFINITION OF RESEARCH PATHS AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION

1. From documents, to information, to knowledge
2.Documentary Services or Information Services? – Archives, Libraries, Documentation Centres
3.Typology of the institutions which produce documentation
4.National, international, and virtual archives

5.Tools for information access

B. SOURCES

1. Normative sources
2. Sources in central and peripheral administration
4. Regional and local sources
5. Iconographic sources
6. Literary sources
7. Press
8. Oral sources
9. Cartography as a source
10. Landscape as a source

Mandatory literature

AZEVEDO, Carlos A. Moreira; AZEVEDO, Ana Gonçalves de – Metodologia Científica. Contributos práticos para a elaboração de trabalhos académicos, Porto, Ed. Autor, 1994
BELL, Judith – Como realizar um projecto de investigação: um guia para a pesquisa em ciências sociais e da educação. Lisboa: Gradiva, 1997
CAMPOS, Fernanda Maria – A inovação no saber disponível: bibliotecas e novos suportes de informação. “Leituras. Revista da Biblioteca Nacional”. Lisboa, s. 3, 1 (Outono), 1997, p. 207-211
CUNHA, Isabel Ferin – Contra a fragmentação: da informação ao conhecimento. “Leituras. Revista da Biblioteca Nacional”. Lisboa, s. 3, 1 (Outono), 1997, p. 75-83
DE KETELE, Jean-Marie – Méthodologie du recueil d’informations : fondements des méthodes d’observation, de questionnaires, d’interviews et d’étude de documents, Bruxelles, De Boeck Université, 1991
DEVLIN, Keith – Info-senso. Como transformar a informação em conhecimento. Lisboa: Edição Livros do Brasil, 2000
FENTRESS, James; WICKHAM, Chris, Memória social. Novas perspectivas sobre o passado, trad. port., Lisboa, Teorema, [1994]
MAGALHÃES, José – O leitor da biblioteca digital: utopia e realidade. “Leituras. Revista da Biblioteca Nacional”. Lisboa, s. 3, 1 (Outono), 1997, p. 61-66
MARCIL, Claude, CHIASSON, Robert – Comment chercher: les secrets de la recherche de l’information, Québec, Editions Multimondes, 1992
MIRANDA, José A. Bragança de – A virtualização do arquivo. “Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas”. Lisboa, 9, 1996, p. 85-117
PORTUGAL, Idalina ; FREIRE, António Manuel – Inovação. Pesquisa bibliográfica . “Leituras. Revista da Biblioteca Nacional”. Lisboa, s. 3, 1 (Outono), 1997, p. 235-250
RIBEIRO, Fernanda – O acesso á informação nos arquivos. 2 vols. Porto, 1998 [Dissertação de doutoramento policopiada]
SILVA, Armando Jorge - Inovação nas bibliotecas para o século XXI. . “Leituras. Revista da Biblioteca Nacional”. Lisboa, s. 3, 1 (Outono), 1997, p.117-140
SOUZA, Ruth Marcelino da Motta ; FONSECA, Ana Lúcia Reis – A Internet na arquivologia: o uso da rede mundial na disseminação da informação arquivística. “Cadernos de Trabalhos Científicos”. Salvador da Bahia, 1,1 (outubro), 2000, p. 43-56

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-practical classes: theoretical-practical lectures, which may use interactive approaches and the support of specialists on Information Science.
Tutorials: Class reflection and discussion of individual research projects. Oral presentation of projects and intermediate stages of work.
PL: Working in libraries and archives: practical exercises on bibliographic and documentary research focusing on several typologies of documentary institutions.

Software

Power Point

keywords

Humanities > Information science > Archivistics
Humanities > Information science > Documenttion
Humanities > History > History of social sciences
Social sciences > Communication sciences > On-line information services
Humanities > Information science > Library science

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	30,00
Tutorial orientation	Participação presencial	10,00
Field research	Trabalho laboratorial	30,00
Paper elaboration	Trabalho escrito	30,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	62
	Total:	62,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are required to attend at least 75% of all teaching/learning modalities.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark is calculated by the weighted average of the mark obtained in the paper, student participation in OT and TP sessions and the outcome of the exercises carried out in PL sessions, according to the following formula:

TOTAL= 90% P + 5% CP + 5% EX

P= Written paper. Simulation of a research path applied to a specific research project.
CP = Class participation.
EX= Exercises in PL sessions

Examinations or Special Assignments

Applicable according to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Student wishing to improve their marks must follow the assessment procedures laid down for this course unit, having to repeat or retake only the assignment(s) for which they were unable to obtain a satisfactory mark.