Reviewing Literature with AI and Advanced Information Retrieval (MBIB4850)

Master's course
For exchange students

This course introduces literature review and meta-analysis methods, emphasizing the use of AI-based tools for searching, screening, and bibliometric analyses.

Admission requirements

The target groups of this course are master's students of records management or library and information science, or related fields. 

An advanced level bachelor’s student of records management or library and information science can be admitted to the course if they are considered to have sufficient prior knowledge.

How to apply

International exchange students select courses when applying for exchange.

Application deadline: 1 October.

Course description

The course addresses the challenges of navigating and analyzing vast, fragmented research literature across diverse fields.

  • methodological approaches to the development of various types of literature reviews
  • how advancements in AI enable new forms of professional search, processing, and analysis of collected information
  • documenting and communicating the results of a literature review
  • critical evaluation of various implications of using AI-based technologies

For more information about this course, take a look at the course description (student.oslomet.no).

Teaching methods

Weekly seminars or workshops. 

The course is structured around three main components where students document

  • a relevant search strategy
  • work involving processing data from searches
  • an analysis of the processed search results

Costs

There is no semester fee for exchange students.

Exam and assessment

An individual portfolio containing two works:

  • a reflection paper with a scope of 5 pages
  • documentation of the literature review that has been developed throughout the course with a scope of 8 to 10 pages

Questions about this course?

You can contact us by email if you have questions about this course.