306470 (v.5) MT 505 Petroleum Technology (Research Methods P605)
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| Area: | Department of Petroleum Engineering |
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| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 35.0 |
| Workshop: | 1 x 40 Hours Once-only |
| Syllabus: | Shell orientation. What is research? What is applied research? Flow of research and information. Analysis of a research paper. Recording citations, citing references. Shell information resources. Differentiating between sources. Locating resources. Database searching. Internet searching. Keeping track of searches. Types of information. Analysing the problem. Choosing a database. Author v subject searching. Structuring the search. Alternative search strategies. Searching for books & journal articles. Recording citations (using shared folder). Shell information resources. Alternative internet search engines. Patent searching. Ethics, Confidentiality, Plagiarism, Copyright. Theses and report literature. Bibliographic management software. |
| Field of Education: | 030399 Process and Resources Engineering not elsewhere classified |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Pass/Fail |
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