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At the end of the course students will: 1. Understand the need to locate and use reliable sources and the importance of research based on digital information resources. 2. Know the main sources of information, both general and specialised in their discipline, identifying and selecting the most appropriate for each task. 3. Identify information needs and develop effective strategies to locate the appropriate sources. 4. Determine the reliability and quality of information and sources. 5. Retrieve information using accurate and effective searches. 6. Take into consideration the ethical use of information and avoid plagiarism applying academic and deontological regulations and conventions.

CG6. Students can search and use bibliographic resources, in physical or digital support, as they are needed to state and solve mathematically and computationally applied problems arising in new or unknown environments or with insufficient information. CT1. Students are able to work in teams that are multidisciplinary and international, as well as to organize and plan work taking the right decisions based on the available information, gathering and interpreting relevant data to emit judgments and critical thoughts within their subject matter. CT3. Students are able to evaluate reliability and quality of information and their sources, using that information in an ethical way, avoiding plagiarism, and following academic and professional conventions in the subject matter. RA2. Through sustained and well prepared argument and procedures, students will be able to apply their knowledge, their understanding and the capabilities to resolve problems in complex specialized professional and work areas requiring the use of creative and innovative ideas.

UNIT 1. RETRIEVAL AND ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION - Principles and strategies for efficient information retrieval in the digital environment. - Knowledge and use of the main gateways and collections of general and specialized digital information sources. - Tools for the organization of information and management of references. UNIT 2. ETHICAL USE OF INFORMATION - Ethical use of information and intellectual property regulations. - Avoiding plagiarism in scientific and academic works. - Create and manage in-text citations and references in academic works. - Organise references in academic papers and assignments. - Similarity detection services to prevent plagiarism.

Teaching is online (synchronous). THE LAST THREE CLASSES ARE FACE-TO-FACE in Leganés Acquisition of knowledge through theoretical classes with teaching materials prepared by the teacher, online tutorials and readings. Related to theoretical competences. Acquisition of skills and abilities through practical cases of information search, analysis and evaluation of sources, and presentation and citation of results. Related to practical competences. Days and times of tutorials will be available in Aula Global.