Sociological reading and writing and informational practicum

Sociological reading and writing and informational practicum

Study Cycle: 1

Lectures: 0

Seminars: 0

Tutorials: 45

ECTS credit: 4

Lecturer(s): doc. dr. Podreka Jasna, prof. dr. Kuhar Roman

The subject is composed of three units.

In the first unit students familiarize themselves with different types of resources in the sociological study and qualify for search, use and citation of these sources. They will learn the basic skills of reading and writing sociological texts.
In the second unit students learn about the basics of search strategies, using search engines and getting to know information sources; the elements of basic literature search and methods of accessing electronic texts are provided.
The third section will familiarize students with archives on the basis of a concrete empirical study on the establishment of Slovenian intellectuals in the late 19th century. They will visit the selected archives, where they will learn about the materials and archival work.