7. Citation indexes
• Which articles have cited an earlier article
• Find articles on similar/related subject
• How many times an article has been cited
• Best journals in your field
11. Evaluating information
• Authority : Who is the author? What is their knowledge
base/qualifications? How have they carried out their
research?
• Relevance : Is this what I need? Will it answer my question?
Is it at the right level?
• Intent : What is the purpose of information e.g. financial
gain, propaganda, academic etc?
• Objectivity : Balanced view? Opposing views represented?
Links to supporting information?
• Currency: How old is this information? When was it last
updated and by whom?
13. Managing your references
• Use bibliographic management software
• RefWorks
• myUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > R
• More information http://bit.ly/RefWorkshelp
14. But it’s not in the Library!
• Inter Library Loans
• Sconul Access
• Other libraries
• Alumni rights
• More information:
http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/services/libraries/index.aspx
15. Keeping in touch
• Library Facebook Middlesex University Library
• Library Twitter http://twitter.com/MDXLibrary
• MDX App http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/support/app/index.aspx
16. Questions so far?
Your liaison librarian
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/liaisonlibrarians
Ask a Librarian
http://askalibrarian.mdx.ac.uk/
17. Subject resources in detail
Art & Design, Media and Performing Arts
Jane Hartzig
Business
Jamie Halstead
Health, Education
Kathy McGowan
Law, Science and Technology
Adam Edwards
Editor's Notes
Welcome and intros.The picture is the National library of Belarus in Minsk, created in a rhombicuboctahedron (diamond) shape, opened in 2009. Over 4,500 LED lights are used to create this effect.
How to find information for your researchHow to develop an effective search strategyThe range of resources available and how to use them to find good quality and relevant informationEvaluating information for quality and relevanceKeeping up-to-date with your subjectManaging references
Use the trustworthy etc cards to prompt discussion of best resources.
Libguides bring together all the resources for your subject area.
Which articles have cited an earlier articleie. Way of looking forward in the literature-if have found excellent article, can use a citation index to see which articles have subsequently cited it Find articles on similar/related subjects: Citation implies subject relationship, so can find papers on a similar topic without using any keywords or subject termsFind out how many times a paper has been cited ie. gauge the usefulness/quality. esteem of a paperDetermine which are the best journals in your field: citation data used to rank journals within particular subject areas…..useful way of seeing how journals perform in relation to others in the same subject area
Citation data and journal citation reports available from Web of Science (Knowledge).Have a look on Web of Science:Citation infoJournal Citation Reports
What do you think about this quote from Abraham Lincoln?How do you decide if the information is any good?Game?
However you find information, it is important that you evaluate the information
Referencing and Plagiarism libguide includes information on how to reference material correctly.Also information about Plato, LDU support and links to helpsheets.Referencing tutorials available on request.
RefWorks is online software that helps you collect, store and organise the references you use in your work. It makes producing a reference list or bibliography quick and easy. It is web-based, so you can access your references from anywhere, and you will never loose them if your computer fails.
Inter Library Loan serviceSCONUL Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/ The SCONUL Access Scheme provides reciprocal access and borrowing rights for staff and students to approximately 170 member institutions in the UK.Other libraries (specialist, catalogues etc):British Library http://www.bl.uk/COPAChttp://copac.ac.uk/ COPAC is a union catalogue that gives access to the merged online catalogues of members of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL). Twenty major university libraries currently contribute to COPAC.InforM25http://www.inform25.ac.uk/Link/ search across some of the more technologically advanced higher education library catalogues in the London area in one search, as well as the Union List of Serials (ULS).SUNCAThttp://www.suncat.ac.uk/ SUNCAT, a union catalogue of serials (periodicals) for the UK, is a tool for locating serials held in UK libraries. More information: http://bit.ly/Csotherlibs (information from LibGuide)http://bit.ly/visitingotherlibraries (info from LR website)
