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Indexing and Abstracting

Course code

INT6006.DT

old course code

INT6006

Course title in Estonian

Indekseerimine ja sisu analüüs

Course title in English

Indexing and Abstracting

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To create prerequisites for obtaining knowledge on different forms of content description in the mediation of information: indexing, annotating, abstracting and compilation of information overviews
To support the formationof practical skills in indexing, annotating, abstracting and compilation of information overviews

Brief description of the course

Content description as creation of access points to information. The structure and types of texts. Reading process and comprehension of texts. Indexing as expression of the content in an indexing language. Universal and special thesauri. Indexing in OPACs. Content description by annotating and abstracting. The concept and types of annotations and abstracts. Methods of annotating and abstracting. The process of abstracting. The concept of information overview, its aims and types. Methods of content description in electronic environment, automatic indexing and abstracting.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- understands the role of analysis-synthesis methods in information mediation;
- is able to index, annotate and abstract texts as well as to compile information overviews.

Teacher

Marianne Paimre

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