Modern Languages dissertation
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Modern Languages dissertation
- 1. SML dissertation: library resources and search tips Lucy Keating HASS liaison librarian @ncllibarts University Library Explore the possibilities
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- 19. In conclusion… 1. Analyse your topic 2. Select the correct Source 3. Conduct your Search 4. Evaluate your results 5. Retrieve your resources
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- 90% of all digital information was created in the last two years (Big Data talk) 5% of world’s archives have been digitised More online content is created every two days than in the whole of human history prior to 2003 8,195 tweets per second 90% of articles are never cited, allegedly http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/04/23/academic-papers-citation-rates-remler/ http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2015/08/40-social-media-statistics.html 1.8 million academic articles published every year Estimated 50 million journal articles in existence in 2010 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2010/00000023/00000003/art00008?token=004b13046556e586546243142425b206621766b67702c5e4e2663433b393f6a333f2566b8bf 20 books published every hour in the UK in 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/22/uk-publishes-more-books-per-capita-million-report We have over 300 specialist databases We bought over 1,000 BoT last year There are around 6,900 active languages in the world Search 90 library catalogues via COPAC ? Fake news
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