MSc Library workshop for Design Engineering and Manufacturing Management

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Explain our aims for the workshop ie. how to find info, how to make sure it is what you need and how to use it effectively including citing and referencing.

On order to gather info need to carry out a literature search. What: Consider in order to find right type of info. What type of info...figures, images, theories, case studies etc.. Why: Why you need it will determine the amount and level of info required.....background info (overview), answer a question (specific), new ideas (up-to-date), substantiate a theory (in-depth) etc.. When: Immediately or by a deadline in the future, think how-long it will take to get hold of info. How and where and who ...next slides.........

Eg. Subject New Business Development Alternative: NBD Broader: Product development Narrower: Concept development Related: Product life cycle management

Shows how initial research and brainstorming can provide search terms, related subjects etc. You can also see that your research can be multidisciplinary ie. overlap several different subject areas eg. business, product design, engineering, marketing, etc

Ask the students where they usually find information they require ie. books, journals, newspapers, conference proceedings, Internet, people etc. Answers on next slide.

Explain the importance of using lots of different sources of information. Discuss differences: Ie. Currency: books can be out-of-date, journals and conference proceedings can be very up-to-date Quality: journals, books, newspapers and proceedings go through editorial process/refereed. Websites can be produced by anyone. Scope: Journals and proceedings can be very specific in their scope, books can be broader. Level: An academic journal or conference proceedings aimed at a particular audience Reliability: because of editorial/referee process, books, academic jnls and conference proceedings can be relied on for quality and accuracy. Some newspapers and magazines may be sensationalist, although usually careful to be accurate. Quantity: Books provide lots of info, but a well-written journal article on a specific subject can provide sufficient info on a subject. Too much info on the Web. Audience: Academic journals will be aimed at a specific audience, books broader. Newspapers can be bias ie. political, social, gender, geographical, racial etc. Exercise: ask students to look at the 3 journals and think about what they offer?

LR page is a portal to many resources including: The Library Catalogue – which helps you find all the resources that are in the physical library such as books, journals, DVDs, dissertations, software disks etc. Library Subject Guides Electronic Databases Electronic Journals E-Books E-Newspapers Library Subject Guides By using LR portal, you can access quality and appropriate resources. Resources found elsewhere for example on the internet may not be accessible or refereed. Explain importance of using a variety of resources/sources ie. balance, varying viewpoints etc. Also information on ILLs, opening times, helpsheets and guides, WebHelpdesk etc

Show features of catalogue such as my account. TK “new product development” 18 GK “New product development” 20 Sort by date Choose No.1 ‘Innovation management and new product development’ Show subject headings and other info Demonstrate requesting item plus ‘My account’. Journal a-z ‘Product design and development’ Search within the journal ‘Manufacturing’ Choose from ‘Subject Thesaurus term’=‘New Products’ Search GK “Customer Relationship Management” SORT in ASCENDING ORDER; SELECT FIRST RESULT Customer relationship management [electronic resource] : CRM.Freedom Technology Media Group, 2000- Describe e-journal bib record 2. Go to result no. 6 Book “Customer Experienc e Manag e ment . . . .” and show subject headings: Relationship marketing Customer relations Customer relations -- Management 3. Go to No. 9 for Data mining Cookbook to demonstrate e-book access Go to Bib record and select Click here to access title as Athens user with IT user ID and password.

Databases, e-journals, e-books , e-newspapers etc Databases: Business Source Complete Basic search “New product development” 3684 Advanced search add prototype 44 Narrow by ‘Subject thesaurus term’: commercial products 9 IEEE Xplore Choose ‘advanced search’ from drop-down menu Option1 New product development No 5. ‘New product development with dynamic decision support’’ Abstract Plus Conference proceeding, show subject headings, Full text etc Mintel (market research, commercial resource, doesn’t cover all areas) Advanced search ‘ Search for all of these words’: vacuum cleaners Search ‘all categories’ ‘ Search type’: reports Explain Athens toolbar (toolbar under resources) Students will have opportunity to search databases for themselves next.

***** Briefly talk about the range of databases available and then ask students to log on and search for a subject of choice or ‘New Product Development’ using one of theses databases .****** All databases available from LR Electronic Resources except for Carol , which is freely available on the web. Need to register.

More ways to search the Internet than just using Google. Easy and cheap to put information on the Web Unregulated, so be cautious . Many valuable resources, but also information which is poorly written, badly researched, deceptive, propaganda etc. Therefore important to evaluate search results. Use Search Cube to search for “vacuum cleaner development” Use Intute to find quality refereed info on the web. Also contains useful training guides to help you search the web effectively in your subject area. Eg search for “new product development” and look at links to edu and orgs, as well as scholarly jnls etc. Advanced search techniques: New Product Development 216,000,000 “ New product development” 2,040,000 +prototype 121,000 +ac 18,000

Library subject guide brings everything together for your subject area. Useful sections on: Citing references (under ‘literature searching’) including RefWorks Current awareness Getting help Spend a few minutes looking at the Library Subject Guide.