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- 1. Finding information and Inspiration https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library BEng Product Design Oct 2021
- 2. Today we will look at.. • Sources of information • Finding information and inspiration • Evaluating information
- 4. MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary Access library resources and services
- 6. Books What are they: A printed or electronic work of fiction or fact. Good for: Background information and inspiration. Not so good for: Up to date information.
- 7. Journals What are they: A regular publication containing substantial articles on a particular academic subject area. Presents latest ideas, developments, news and research. Good for: Latest research, critically reviewed by experts. Not so good for: Broad overview of a subject.
- 8. Magazines or trade journals What are they: A regular publication containing news, jobs, products, events and advertising. Aimed at a profession, business sector or interest. Good for: Focussed up-to-date information. Not so good for: Detailed and objective reports.
- 9. Library Search Sign-in to check your library record, request items, create lists, save searches and create alerts.. Click on ‘Sign-in’, choose ‘Middlesex University’ and use your university email address.
- 10. Library Search: Finding information ….type your search terms (keywords) into the search box e.g. Project Management and click on the ‘search icon’. Library Search automatically searches for ‘All resources’ (print and electronic) i.e. books, journal titles, journal articles etc. Use the drop-down menu to focus your search or select ‘Available online’ only.
- 11. Library Search: Other features http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/PDDE/LibrarySearch
- 12. Objects What are they: A material thing that can be seen and handled. Good for: Inspiration, ideas and sensory experience. Not so good for: Detailed information, context and facts.
- 15. Websites What are they: An online resource which can be created by anyone on any topic. Provides access to a wide range of information sources. Good for: Very up to date information. Not so good for: Accurate and reliable information. Company website YouTube Video Twitter Blog Wikipedia Government website Charity website Online discussion forum
- 16. MySubject Library Guides myUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > MySubjectLibrary Guides https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/pdde/Internet
- 17. • Source • Author • Date • Bias • Headlines • Evidence • Joke • Expert Fake News https://fullfact.org/
- 18. More to life than Google • Go to: https://padlet.com/librarymdx/Resources • Have a look at the 6 resources • Add a comment
- 19. Find out more • Box of Broadcasts https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/BoB • British Standards Online https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/pdde/Standards • Kanopy https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/filmtvproduction/Kanopy
- 21. Evaluating information Imagine you are writing an essay on Robots Have a look at the 6 items at: https://padlet.com/librarymdx/Evaluating • Click ‘thumbs up’ to choose the items that you would use • Click ‘thumbs down’ for the items you wouldn’t use • Add a comment to explain why?
- 22. • Authority • Relevance • Intent • Objectivity • Currency Evaluating information
- 23. https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/linkedinlearning LinkedIn Learning myUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > L https://youtu.be/6ldMgi8bl4k
- 24. Your Librarian is: Your Librarian https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/VanessaHill Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk Need further help
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- Need: Thinking about resources: https://ispri.ng/639LW More to life than Google: https://padlet.com/librarymdx/Resources Evaluating information: https://padlet.com/librarymdx/Evaluating Yahoo email Hendon2019 Welcome Intros Last time we looked at keywords/search terms and how to search the Internet effectively. In this session we will be looking at other sources of information that you will need to use during your programme to find information and inspiration. You won’t need all of them straight away, but this is an opportunity to make you aware of what is available to you from the library.
- Different sources of information and their value to your academic work Exploring some of the resources that the library provides We will also be looking at evaluating information for quality
- https://ispri.ng/639LW To get you thinking about the different types of resources that you can use to find information, have a go at our ‘Thinking about resources’ quiz. Shouldn’t take more than 5 mins.
- Hopefully the quiz has got you thinking about the different types of information that you can use in your work. Many of these such as books, journals and magazines can be accessed online from the library, and to do this you need to log on to myUniHub > MyStudy >MyLibrary You can find links to library resources and other library services in MyLibrary. Its important to log on to myUnihub as this means that you will be able to access library resources which are available full text online when off campus.
- I’ll be referring to some of these resources and services during the session which can all be accessed from MyLibrary. Library Search: This is the main way for you to search for information for your academic work. Library Search is our resource discovery tool which allows you to search all of the resources located in the library, but also available online. Beside books and journal articles, you can also find newspapers, magazines, conference papers and lots of other resources. Databases: Access to Subject specific collections of journals etc, specialist collections of information, individual resources and training/skills resources. You can also search for information using journal databases such as IEEE Xplore or Science Direct. MySubject Library Guides: Use these to find what resources and support are available for your subject area
- Books are a reliable source of information providing background information and inspiration, although check the publication date, to ensure that the information is up-to-date. If your research is very focussed and you are looking for detail, then books might not be what you need. Many books that the library provides are available electronically, so you can access these from home. More later. The library also holds loads of print books which are available to loan from the library. You can use Library Search – a bit like a Library Google to find books in the library. More about this later.
- Journals are like magazines – the sort of publication you can buy from a newsagent,, but they are much more scholarly. What distinguishes journals from books, is that like magazines they are published on a regular basis. They are often expensive, because they can be niche, so generally only accessible from a library. They are good for the latest academic research critically reviewed by experts, so they are edited for accuracy and quality. This is called peer review. There are usually lots of quality references at the end of each article for you to follow up. This makes them trusted sources of information for your assignments as you can see where the authors got their information from. Individual journal titles will be focussed on a specific subject area, so the articles within will provide you with the specialist, focussed information and detail that you might require for your research. Also useful for exhibition reviews, latest news, materials, projects, practitioners etc Lots of journals are also available electronically so you can read the articles online.
- Magazines or trade journals are a regular, popular publication which may contain news, jobs, product updates, events and advertising. Aimed at a profession, business sector or leisure interest. They are similar to journals, but less academic – the sort of publications you will find in newsagents. Really useful for keeping up to date with your subject area or hobby as provide specialist up-to-date information, plus they are readily available in newsagents or online. Sometimes it is hard to tell if an article is an advert by a company or by an independent journalist, and the author is not always known, so you can’t check up on their expertise. Magazines generally do not undergo the same rigorous quality control as academic journals. Many of magazines are available online from the library or in print on the shelves, but many will also have a free web version that you can access.
- In case you need to search for books, journal articles, magazines and also newspapers, you can use Library Search which you can access from MyLibrary. Library Search is our resource discovery tool which allows you to search all of the resources physically in the library such as books, journals and magazines, but also all of our electronic books and the electronic journals that we subscribe to. Its very easy to use, but remember to sign in first as this allows you to do lots of things including accessing the full text of our eresources, create lists of useful resources, save searches and create alerts, so you will know when a new item of interest becomes available.
- When you need to find information type your search terms (keywords) into the search box e.g. Project Management and click on the ‘search icon’. Library Search will automatically search for resources that are ‘Available online’ unless you choose another option. If you want to find all resources (print and electronic) then choose ‘All resources’.
- It is possible to refine your search by using some of the options on the left hand side of the screen. For example you can refine your search by type of resource, so if you just want journal articles, select ‘articles’ under ‘resource type’. You can also limit by publication date which is useful if you want up-to-date information, and by ‘Full text only’. However it is possible for us to obtain electronic copies of journal articles from the British Library, so finding references to print journals is not necessarily a waste of time. More later. If a book is only available in print format, then we can post a copy to you. More later. As you search, you can also save items to your ‘Favourites folder’ which is located at the top right of the screen. You can only do this if you have signed in. The other really useful feature is the ability to create a reference using a variety of referencing styles. You can access guides to using Library search’ at the link on the screen. These guides can talk you through the process of using library search to find information for your assignments, as well as searching specifically for books and journal articles, and creating references.
- Objects can be seen and handled and are a great way to get inspiration and ideas. You can see how things are constructed, what they are made of, what they feel like etc Objects may not be accompanied by detailed information and facts and may lack context. Therefore you may need to carry out additional research to find out more about them. However this might not be a problem if you are just using for inspiration. You have access to a wide array of objects and special collections of different types of material in the library in our Materials Room.
- The Library holds a number of special collections housed in the Materials Room in the basement of the library: Fashion Special Books Illustrated Books Comics Ephemera Middlesex Ephemera Samples Library Historic advertising Lansdown Archive Hornsey Archive Usually open Mon-Fri 11-4 but opening hours do vary.
- More information about the range of resources available from Middlesex Uni on the PDDE Library Subject Guide.
- The other information source covered in the quiz are websites, which we are all familiar with. The Internet provides easy and mobile access to a wide range of information sources anything from social media and crowd sources resources such as Wikipedia to organisations and academic/university websites. The information can be very up-to-date, however you need to be really careful using information that you find because quality can vary because there is often no editorial control and websites can be unreliable especially if not kept up-to-date. . Be critical of information that you find on the Internet and consider the provenance of the information i.e. who created it, when and why? Therefore remember to use websites selectively when searching for Information – there may be better quality information resources available elsewhere for your studies.
- Have a look at the library guide for pdde (URL on the screen), as there are lots of useful websites listed such as Design Boom (digital architecture and design magazine), Dezeen (architecture and design blog), Instructables (web based documentation platform where designers share what they do), Make videos (technical, useful and funny videos from MAKE magazine) and TedTalks (non profit organisation that share ‘ideas worth spreading’ from technology, entertainment and design world). Its also worth having a look at the Library guides for art and design, which includes the Product Design and Design Engineering guide and several others subject areas. Depending on what you are interested in you might find other useful resources for areas such as Graphics, interior architecture, textiles etc including specialist library resources as well as useful websites.
- Fake news is particularly prevalent on the Internet and especially social media. Source Find out more about the site, what is their mission, can you contact them. Click away from the story to investigate the site, its mission and contact info. Author Is the author credible, what can you find out about them, do they actually exist. Date Check the date. Is this an old post that has been reposted? Is it relevant to current events. Bias What prejudices are you bringing to the post? Is it pandering to your beliefs and fuelling them? Information bubble. Headlines Don’t believe the headlines as often they are being sensationalised to draw you in. Its known as click bait. Evidence Is the information based on sound evidence? Can you see where the ‘author’ gets their info from. Do any sources linked to actually support what is being said. Joke Consider if the news is satire? The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. Expert If in doubt ask an expert or consult a fact-checking website or do some further research. E.g. Fullfact. They are a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm Fake or incorrect news does. E.g. A Facebook post, shared hundreds of times claims that that if you have been tested for Covid-19, you have also been vaccinated. Wrong. The scientific papers referred to are real, but they are discussing the potential efficacy of a vaccine delivered nasally. Vaccines cannot be given without consent in the UK. Another post that has circulated on social media claims that The Royal British Legion will not be selling poppies in certain areas to avoid upsetting “minorities”. This is not true. This claim appears annually, and again, this year, the Royal British Legion has stated that it is not true. The charity told Full Fact: “We have always offered the Poppy in every community and area of the United Kingdom and we will continue to do so.”
- https://padlet.com/librarymdx/Resources Yahoo email Hendon2019 Besides books and journals, the library also provides access to some other resources that you might find useful. I mentioned some of these in our last session, but now you have a chance to explore them and think about how they can be useful. You might not need all of them straight away, but its good to know what is available. Go to: https://padlet.com/librarymdx/Resources Have a look at the 6 resources – all provided by Middlesex University Add a comment – how might they be useful/what you like about them You’ve got about half an hour Feedback Bloomsbury Design Library Provides cutting-edge scholarly coverage of design and crafts worldwide, from 1500 BCE to the present day. It offers an expanding range of authoritative reference and book content, alongside a rich selection of museum object images, which are fully searchable and underpinned by an intuitive taxonomy for seamless navigation. The ideal research and learning tool for design and visual arts, it will support both students and academics by allowing them to explore the history and context of influential design schools, people, periods, places, and disciplines. Box of Broadcasts 'Box of Broadcasts' (BoB) is a resource that enables you to record and view programmes from over 75 UK TV and radio online. You can select programmes to be recorded and added to a searchable archive one week before broadcast and up to 30 days after broadcast. The searchable archive of recorded programmes consists of over 2.2 million broadcasts. Whilst the quality of TV and radio broadcasting varies from channel to channel, many good quality programmes/documentaries are available which you can use in your academic work. BoB allows you to access these. A platform working across desktop, iOS and Android devices Britannica 'Britannica Online' is an encyclopedia which includes over 100,000 professionally edited, researched and peer reviewed articles in all subject areas. It includes a dictionary, images, videos and access to over 800,00 external full text journal and magazine articles plus ebooks and primary sources. A great resource if you need an overview of a subject, background information or history British Standards Online 'Standards' are important to designers because they are: An agreed level of quality or way of doing something Provide guidance, a framework or an acceptable level They are often legally binding Created by experts Can be international, European, national or applicable to an industry or trade. Standards cover all aspects of our lives. Here are a few examples: BS ISO 21364-21. Domestic gas cooking appliances. Safety. Part 21. Particular requirements for gas hobs, gas grills and gas griddles BS ISO 21976:2018 Packaging. Tamper verification features for medicinal product packaging BS EN 1176-7:2020 Playground equipment and surfacing. Guidance on installation, inspection, maintenance and operation. Use 'British Standards Online' to search for British Standards plus European and international standards which are adopted in the UK on a particular topic. Only a limited number are available full text, but any required can be added to our subscription by emailing your librarian: v.hill@mdx.ac.uk Kanopy Kanopy is an online streaming service for films (Oscar winning, classic, shory and independent) and documentaries. You can access Kanopy from any device, including IOS and Android. Searching for design for example, you can find documentaries on ‘Strategy by design: how design thinking builds opportunities’, ‘Urban design’, ‘Objectified: manufactured objects and their designers’, ‘Design and thinking’, ‘Icons of twentieth century design’, ‘Elements of design’, ‘Prototypes- how designers test ideas’, ‘Robot arms in the factory’ etc WGSN Lifestyle and Interiors 'WGSN' is a trend forecasting and product design tool for the lifestyle, hospitality and interiors industries across numerous markets including furniture, automotive, packaging, wellness, consumer electronics, lighting, textiles, interiors and garden design. In addition you can find information on business strategy, trade news and trade shows, plus City by City Travel Guides. Content is created by experts who provide unparalleled insight, updates and forecasts to help industries develop a confident approach to colour, buying and design. The experts at 'WGSN' work across the industry to help users understand ever-changing consumer and market trends, from macro attitude shifts and consumer insights, to detailed product and lifestyle updates. Their team of trend experts develop reports on everything you need to know, including: Consumer demographic behaviour, from baby boomers to Gen Z Lifestyle trends that effect consumer demand Region-specific and demographic-specific lifestyle analysis Key directions across product categories and collections including consumer electronics and back-to-school Lifestyle & interior forecasts two years ahead of season
- Its important to evaluate the information that you find, not just on April 1st. We looked at this briefly in your first workshop.
- Imagine you are writing an essay on Robots Have a look at the 6 items at: https://padlet.com/librarymdx/Evaluating Click ‘thumbs up’ to choose the items that you would use in your essay – think about why you can trust the information? Click ‘thumbs down’ for the items you wouldn’t use – why don’t you trust the information? Add a comment to explain why? Item 1 Newspaper article From the tabloid Sun newspaper Sensationalist We do know who the author is, but don’t know anything About him Not academic language – the robot burps and farts No references No real value to your academic work Published in 2004, so quite old Item 2 Academic Journal article From an academic journal – IEEE Trans on Robotics We know who the authors are and that they are members of the IEEE plus biographies for each author on last page We also know from the first page that the article (manuscript) has been recommended for publication by named people therefore it has been peer reviewed Well structured article – abstract, introduction and other sections etc In text citations so information in the article is being backed up by other sources of information Lots of references Published in 2009, so quite old Item 3 Wikipedia Crowdsourced – anyone contributing to or editing the page can update/make amendments, but we don’t know if these changes are correct as no overall editorial control Don’t know who the authors are, although can click on ‘View history’ (top right) to see who has edited the page but pseudonyms such as ‘Random Canadian’ or ‘JKU456’ don’t really help – who are they In text links lead to other Wikipedia pages In text citations included plus an extensive reference list, but quite random and not all authoritative sources – some might be useful Up-to-date – last edited date right at the bottom of the page Might be useful to give you some search terms that you can use elsewhere Item 4 Online magazine (Wired) Doesn’t use academic language – first sentence: “Modern robots are not unlike toddlers: its hilarious to watch them fall over….” No in text citations, so don’t know where the information/knowledge comes from Don’t know who the author is Up-to-date – 2020 Item 5 Britannica This is the free version of the encyclopedia that you looked at earlier We know who the author is and where he works – Scientist at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon Uni in Pennsylvania We can see the ‘article history’ so are aware of how it has been updated and when – last updated in 2020 In text links take you to other Britannica articles Well structured and written using academic language No in text citations or references although we can click on ‘Additional information’ at the top of the page to see some additional reading Advertising because it’s the free version Item 6 DesignBoom website Contains over 400 articles on robots Indicates how many times each article has been shared Can usually see who has written each article and when – lots of 2020 articles Articles quite short, no in text citations or references If you have an Design Boom account you can comment/give feedback At the bottom of the page there is an ‘about us’ link, so you can find out more about the team/authors (short bios and it says that they are a team of professional designers, architects etc) plus the history of the website Its also possible to contact the website owners – always a good sign.
- 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?
- Finally as a student at Middlesex University you have free access to LinkedIn Learning, a website packed with video tutorials and courses covering business, technology and creative skills. With more than 5,000 courses taught by industry experts—and more added every week—LinkedIn Learning is designed for all levels of learners, and it’s available whenever you’re ready to learn. Courses that might interest you include: Prototyping Sketching for product design From sketch to CAD User experience design Solidworks Universal principles of design Workflow of a product designer The LinkedIn Learning app, means that you can also view courses from your mobile device, so you can learn on the bus to uni. Go to our LinkedIn Learning Library Guide (link on screen) to discover how to activate your account, connect it to your LinkedIn profile, showcase your learning to future employers and network with your peers. Find out more at the link on the screen. You can watch a You Tube video all about LinkedIn Learning at the URL on the screen.
- This is the end of the presentation. If you require further help, then please contact me. My email address is on the screen: v.hill@mdx.ac.uk.