A course for students of the Faculty of Business, providing basic information for the development of their information literacy. The course is designed as a ten-week e-learning course.

The course focuses mainly on the practical use of information resources, institutions and services provided by them. The purpose is to teach the student to work with available electronic information resources with the possibility of their practical use in study or professional work.

The main topics include: searching for professional information, working with electronic resources, assessing the quality and credibility of information, basic principles of citation ethics and plagiarism, proper citation and creation of bibliographic records according to citation standards, use of tools for effective time-management and information processing. The course also includes an introduction to the responsible and ethical use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in an academic environment in accordance with current BUT policy recommendations.

On successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

effectively search, evaluate and use professional information sources

work independently with resources available at the BUT

identify relevant and credible information for study and professional purposes

correctly cite the sources used and avoid plagiarism

use tools for managing information resources (e.g. Citation Manager PRO)

understand the basics of using generative AI and understand its limitations, benefits and risks in terms of academic integrity