Slides for CSCI 6530 Library Instruction Session

1. LIBRARY RESOURCES &
THE LITERATURE
SEARCH

2. What do we learn by searching the literature?
• Search the literature helps us:
• understand a topic
• help you form a research question
• provide confirmation of an already existing
hypothesis
• analyze and interpret your own data
• gain exposure to past, current, and ongoing
research about a subject you are exploring
for research of your own

3. The Literature Search Process
Identify a research topic or question1
Decide where to search2
Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Identify, revise, or reiterate research question4

4. Identify a research topic or question1
Decide where to search2
Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Identify, revise, or reiterate research question4

5. • Good research topics are
• Specific
• Coherent
• Researchable (within your timeframe)
• Developing a research topic is research
Identify a research topic or question1

6. Identify a research topic or question1
How is machine learning used in remote sensing
applications?
How is machine learning used to for image
classification in remote sensing applications?

7. The Literature Search Process
Identify a research topic or question1
Decide where to search2
Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Identify, revise, or reiterate research question4

8. Decide where to search2
• Peer-reviewed journal
articles
• Books
• Reference works
(encyclopedias, textbooks)
• Research Data
• Gray literature
• Reports (government, industry,
non-governmental
organizations)
• Theses & dissertations
• Conference proceedings
Types of scholarly information

9. Decide where to search2
OneSearch
Not a library
database, searches
across library
databases and the
catalog
Not discipline-specific

10. Decide where to search2
Library Catalog
Use for finding
• Books
• eBooks
• DVD
n.b., Also searches UH
and UHD

11. Decide where to search2
Library Databases
Usually focused on a single discipline
Use for finding scholarly articles

12. Decide where to search2

13. Decide where to search2
Research Guides
Collections of relevant
databases, books and
websites focused on
an academic program
or course

14. Decide where to search2

15. Decide where to search2
Choosing databases

16. The Literature Search Process
Identify a research topic or question1
Decide where to search2
Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Identify, revise, or reiterate research question4

17. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
• A database is a search tool for finding scholarly literature
• It is generally focused on scholarly journals within a single
discipline
• Sometimes databases contain the full text of a journal article,
but they often do not
What is a library database?

18. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3

19. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3

20. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Good keywords are:
• Words that will commonly be used to discuss the topics that
you are interested in researching in academic or technical
settings
• Specific to your topic, rather than commonly used to describe
many topics
• “cause” and “result” don’t make good keywords
Choosing Good Keywords

21. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Breaking down your research question
• Machine learning
• Image classification
• Remote Sensing
How is machine learning used to for image
classification in remote sensing applications?

22. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Identifying synonyms related terms
machine
learning
training
pattern
recognition
active learning
How is machine learning used to for image
classification in remote sensing applications?

23. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Identifying synonyms related terms
image
classification
SVM ISODATA
K-means
How is machine learning used to for image
classification in remote sensing applications?

24. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Identifying synonyms related terms
remote sensing
SAR GIS
satellite imaging
How is machine learning used to for image
classification in remote sensing applications?

25. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Identifying synonyms related terms
machine learning image classification remote sensing
active learning k-means satellite imaging
pattern recognition ISODATA GIS
training SVM SAR

26. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3

27. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Boolean Logic
Boolean Logic can be
used in
• Databases
• OneSearch
• The Library Catalog

28. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Boolean
Logic: AND
AND =

29. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Boolean
Logic: OR
OR =

30. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Boolean Logic: Nesting AND and OR
Nesting and order of operations

31. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Boolean Logic: Nesting AND and OR

32. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Controlled vocabulary

33. Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Citation Chaining

34. The Literature Search Process
Identify a research topic or question1
Decide where to search2
Use scholarly research tools to find sources3
Identify, revise, or reiterate research question4

35. Revise or reiterate research topic4
Review your research topic or question
How is machine learning used in remote sensing
applications?
How is machine learning used to for image
categorization in remote sensing applications?
How is support vector machine classification used for
remote sensing images?