Information Sources and Research Methodology

Code:

MHP007

Acronym:

FIMP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	History

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	https://moodle.up.pt/
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
MHP	22	MHP - Study Plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

. To help the student become aware of the need to establish a research path that will enable them to structure the individual work project to be developed during the master's programme.
. To provide techniques, methods and tools for researching information
. To contribute to the final preparation of the research project that begins to be drawn up during the 1st year and is fully realised in the 2nd year.

Learning outcomes and competences

-Acquisition of documentary and bibliographical research skills in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities, with particular emphasis on historiographical research.
- Mastery of information research techniques, methods and tools.
- Practical application of these research methods and techniques in specific research projects.
- Developing scientific writing skills.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1 - Stages in the construction of scientific knowledge
Theme, periodisation, space, historiography
From the theme to the starting questions
How to ask the (relevant) questions?

2 - Tools for accessing information
Sources: an introduction
Finding sources: archives, libraries, the open web
Managing information

3 - Communicating historical knowledge
Describing or explaining?
Concepts and (escaping) clichés
Scientific writing: structure, style and... ethics

4- Recapitulating: the research project

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
DEVLIN, Keith – Info-senso. Como transformar a informação em conhecimento. Lisboa: Edição Livros do Brasil, 2000
MAGALHÃES, José – O leitor da biblioteca digital: utopia e realidade. “Leituras. Revista da Biblioteca Nacional”. Lisboa, s. 3, 1 (Outono), 1997, p. 61-66
RIBEIRO, Fernanda – O acesso á informação nos arquivos. 2 vols. Porto, 1998 [Dissertação de doutoramento policopiada]
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

Complementary Bibliography

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
SILVA, Armando Jorge - Inovação nas bibliotecas para o século XXI. . “Leituras. Revista da Biblioteca Nacional”. Lisboa, s. 3, 1 (Outono), 1997, p.117-140
PORTUGAL, Idalina ; FREIRE, António Manuel – Inovação. Pesquisa bibliográfica . “Leituras. Revista da Biblioteca Nacional”. Lisboa, s. 3, 1 (Outono), 1997, p. 235-250
MIRANDA, José A. Bragança de – A virtualização do arquivo. “Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas”. Lisboa, 9, 1996, p. 85-117
MARCIL, Claude, CHIASSON, Robert – Comment chercher: les secrets de la recherche de l’information, Québec, Editions Multimondes, 1992
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

Comments from the literature

Specific bibliography and other support materials will be made available by the lecturer on the u.c. moodle page.

Teaching methods and learning activities

TP: Theoretical-practical sessions
PL: Practical exercises on each of the topics covered in the TP sessions.
OT: Monitoring of individual projects.

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

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Trabalho laboratorial	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	27,00
Trabalho laboratorial	45,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Laboratory Work (classroom exercises): 50%
Written work (research project/final report): 50%

At the beginning of the semester the student will find detailed information about the assessment on the u.c. moodle page.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Applicable according to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Internship work/project

Classification improvement

Just for the final report.