2. LAW SUBJECT GUIDE
libguides.mdx.ac.uk/law
Good Starting Point
Allows Access to:
LINKS
BLOGS
RSS FEEDS
PODCASTS
NEW BOOKS
APPOINTMENTS
ASK A LIBRARIAN
EVENTS
4. RESEARCHERS’ SUBJECT
GUIDE
libguides.mdx.ac.uk/research
l
Useful as a Starting
point for Researchers in
any subject field
5. RESEARCHERS’ GUIDE
Journal publishing-how to find the best
ranked journals in your field
Book publishing-how to get an ISBN
Free academic resources
Using other libraries
6. BIBLIOGRAPHIC MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE: REFWORKS
Refworks is an online RESEARCH and MANAGEMENT tool
designed to help researchers:
Gather
Manage
Store and Share
All types of information.......................AND
Generate Citations
Generate and Format Bibliographies
8. MIDDLESEX RESEARCH
REPOSITORY
There is a great deal of
material available ‘open
access’-freely available on
the Internet. Some of this
includes research papers
which academics have
uploaded to their
institution’s research
repository
9. QUESTIONS TO ASK
What rights do you have to place your journal
article in the Middlesex Research Repository?
How long articles may be embargoed before we
can make them freely available?
10. SHERPA ROMEO
Access Sherpa Romeo on
Researchers Subject guide Definitive source for
Libguides.mdx.ac.uk/research finding out your rights
with our repository
11. LSE RESEARCH ONLINE
Other universities have
Research Repositories Research produced by LSE
You should have a look staff. Content often Full
at them! Text
12. GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Google Scholar may be
useful for finding journal
articles
If you are logged into
the University
Intranet you can use
Google Scholar to
link to OUR free
electronic journals
20. LIBRARY CATALOGUES
Allows you to search the
catalogues of the major
academic libraries in
London and the
Southeast
A merged online
catalogue with
details of material
held at the UK’s
major research
libraries
22. FINALLY.......
Need more help?
Contact me at
c.funnell@mdx.ac.uk
OR
Make an appointment!!
Editor's Notes
If you have an essay/project, you need to find some information.Ask class how they find information? DiscussWhat do you need to do next in order to find the info they need (next slide)DiscussCarry out a literature search. Finding the information available on a subjectFinding information to inform, underpin and shape your researchFinding what has already been written on a subjectIdentifying the main trendsFinding appropriate information: the information needs to be suitable for your needie. right level, current if important, sufficient breadth or detail etc00:25