Course detail
Academic Sources and Citations
FSI-0ZC Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
The course is focused on FME students who are studying the third or higher degree and it provides information about searching relevant sources for writing the thesis. The course is particularly focused on the citation of used sources, the ethics of information and ratings of sources.
Students are going to learn how to distinguish quality sources of information based on basic criteria. They are going to be able to cite different types of documents and use numerical reference citation method. Students will get acquainted with copyright/author’s right, Creative Commons licence and citation managers. They will learn how to write annotation and key words of their thesis and how to structure the text. The last chapter of the course is devoted to presentation skills.
The course is held in a distance form, through e-learning in Moddle. Students can attend counsulting hours.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
2
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
There’s no need to have any special or professional skills. This course is extension of the 2IV course – Information literacy. It adapts the teaching for the last degree of bachelor and engineering study.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The condition for finalization the course is fulfill all tasks at least 50 % and working out or submitting the final task.
This course is lead in e-learning form. The faculty tutors check if the students has finished all of course's parts and the quality of processed or submitted tasks.
Aims
This course is aimed at practical usage of information sources in writing the diploma theses and citation of different types of documents. The course teaches copyright/author’s right as well.
The student should know after graduating:
- Rate and choose good quality and relevant sources for their thesis
- Critically evaluate information
- Create citation of different types of sources
- Use numerical reference citation method
- Work with the citation manager
- Understand ethical and legal standards which accompanied using the sources
- Express ideas in structured way and present them
- Write anotation and key words for thesis
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-SLE-P: Foundry Technology, Master's, elective
Programme N-VSY-P: Production Systems, Master's, elective
Programme N-MTI-P: Materials Engineering, Master's, elective
Programme B-ENE-P: Energy, Bachelor's, elective
Programme N-KSI-P: Mechanical Engineering Design, Master's, elective
Programme B-PDS-P: Industrial Design, Bachelor's, elective
Programme N-PDS-P: Industrial Design, Master's, elective
Programme N-MET-P: Mechatronics, Master's, elective
Programme N-VSR-P: Production Machines, Systems and Robots, Master's, elective
Programme B-MET-P: Mechatronics, Bachelor's, elective
Programme B-FIN-P: Physical Engineering and Nanotechnology, Bachelor's, elective
Programme N-PRI-P: Process Engineering, Master's, elective
Programme N-PMO-P: Precise Mechanics and Optics, Master's, elective
Programme N-MAI-P: Mathematical Engineering, Master's, elective
Programme B-PRP-P: Professional Pilot, Bachelor's, elective
Programme N-KSB-P: Quality, Reliability and Safety, Master's, elective
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization AIŘ: Applied Computer Science and Control, elective
Programme N-IMB-P: Engineering Mechanics and Biomechanics, Master's
specialization BIO: Biomechanics, elective
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization ENI: Power Engineering, elective
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization FLI: Fluid Engineering, elective
Programme N-IMB-P: Engineering Mechanics and Biomechanics, Master's
specialization IME: Engineering Mechanics, elective
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization KSB: Quality, Reliability and Safety, elective
Programme B-ZSI-P: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization MTI: Materials Engineering, elective
Programme N-STG-P: Manufacturing Technology, Master's
specialization MTS: Modern Technologies of Lighting Systems, elective
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization SSZ: Machine and Equipment Construction, elective
Programme N-STG-P: Manufacturing Technology, Master's
specialization STG: Manufacturing Technology, elective
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization STG: Manufacturing Technology, elective
Programme B-ZSI-P: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization STI: Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, elective
Programme N-LKT-P: Aerospace Technology , Master's
specialization STL: Aircraft Design, elective
Programme N-STG-P: Manufacturing Technology, Master's
specialization STM: Manufacturing Technology and Management in Industry, elective
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization TEP: Environmental Engineering, elective
Programme N-LKT-P: Aerospace Technology , Master's
specialization TLT: Airtransport and Airport Technology, elective
Type of course unit
Computer-assisted exercise
13 hours, optionally
Syllabus
The course is structured into six chapters.
Chapter 1: Sources rating
Chapter 2: Citing + copyright (author’s right) + Creative Commons
Chapter 3: Creation of citation
Chapter 4: Citation managers
Chapter 5: Creation of thesis
Chapter 6: Presentation skills