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- 2. In this workshop we will look at.. • Keywords • Searching • Referencing • Evaluating http://www.powerfulinformation.org/objects/pi/OverloadCartoon2.jpg
- 4. Coursework 1 marking scheme Background, introduction, objectives 10% Presentation content, relevance and importance of material, evidence of research beyond Google, clarity of material presented 70% Reading vs explaining, intelligibility of and reference to overheads, eye contact with audience, time management 10% Answers to questions 10% Total: 100%
- 7. Have a go: • In your groups choose a famous person • Think of 5 words (not phrases) to describe them • Nominate a spokesperson to report back
- 8. Developing a search strategy • Topic • What? • Where? • Keywords Improving your search: https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Help
- 9. Streamline your search http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_miley/2614472057/ comput* “Project managemement” https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/SearchTips
- 10. Too many search results • Add more keywords to narrow down your search results • Be more specific • Search for an "exact phrase" • Add limits
- 11. Not enough results • Use alternative keywords • Be less specific • Split the question into individual concepts • Use an asterisk to search for variations of the same word
- 12. Access Library Resources MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary
- 14. 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.
- 15. 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.
- 16. Library Search: Other features https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/LibrarySearch
- 17. Databases myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/SpecialistDatabases
- 18. More to life than Google • Go to: https://padlet.com/hendonmdx/2560 • Have a look at the resources • Vote for favourites • Add a comment Deepfakes, Radio Pills, Synthetic Diamonds, Pipeline Pigs, 3D Printers, Cloud Seeding, Smart Grids, Space Debris, Bioprinting, Eclipsing Binaries.
- 19. IEEE Xplore/ACM Digital Library/Science Direct myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/SpecialistDatabases
- 20. Global Newsstream myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/SpecialistDatabases
- 21. Britannica Academic myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/SpecialistDatabases
- 22. British Standards Online myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/SpecialistDatabases
- 23. Google Scholar You may be able to access the full-text here e.g. this is available on open access. Refine your search results here. Create an alert for your search, so you can keep up-to-date with new publications. Link to MDX resources: > Settings > Library Links > Search for MDX and save. http://scholar.google.co.uk/
- 24. Google Scholar: Useful features Full text available from Middlesex Uni and/or other sources. Click on author’s name (if underlined) to view profile and check for more research by the author on the same topic. Click on ‘Cited by’ to see other articles that have cited this article. ‘All versions’: The same article on other websites – sometimes useful for getting full text if not available from MDX. Create a Harvard reference or export to RefWorks.
- 25. Why reference? • Highlight and back-up relevant points and facts • Demonstrate that you have read widely • Give credit to the author/creator • Achieve a better mark or grade • Reader can locate original source used • Avoid plagiarism. Adapted from: https://www.citethemrightonline.com/Basics/what-is-referencing
- 26. Cite Them Right Online myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases > C
- 27. Moller, V. and Waddington, I. (2015) Routledge handbook of computers. 2nd edn. London: Routledge. Library Search reference Cite Then Right reference Moller, Verner. & Waddington, Ivan., 2015 Routledge handbook of computers. 2nd ed., London: Routledge Using Cite Them Right Online: Books
- 28. Referencing top tips • Create references using Library Search • Use Cite Them Right Online • Be consistent A ‘Referencing basics’ guide is available to download from: https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/skills http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/plagiarismreferencing
- 29. • Go to http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/Brexit • Have a look at the 4 items • How do I know if the information is reliable? Evaluating information
- 30. • Authority • Relevance • Intent • Objectivity • Currency Evaluating information: Summary
- 31. https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/linkedinlearning LinkedIn Learning myUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > L https://youtu.be/6ldMgi8bl4k
- 32. Find out more MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > MySubject Library Guides > Computing, Maths & Engineering https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing
- 33. Your Librarian is: https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Help Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk Need further help? Presentation skills: https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/writing- numeracy/awl-resources/giving- presentations
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- Need: Keywords: Flip chart paper and pens for live workshop. More to life than Google: https://padlet.com/hendonmdx/2560 Evaluation: http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/Brexit Check that you are the host so that you can manage breakout rooms. Assignment: Submission instructions: in class PowerPoint presentation and upload your slides to CST2560 Turnitin Coursework1 submission Portal in Teaching week 4 (After your presentation has been made) The Assignment In this assignment you are expected to produce a 10 minute presentation on one of the following topics: Deepfakes, Radio Pills, Synthetic Diamonds, Pipeline Pigs, 3D Printers, Cloud Seeding, Smart Grids, Space debris, Bioprinting, Eclipsing binaries. Use the resources you have learned about in the Library Workbook ‘Better than Google’ Choose your favourite topic Include: What is it? Useful/interesting features List the references/resources in your final slide You are encouraged to use screenshots/ charts/ graphs if these are relevant. Your presentation should conclude with some discussion of the resources you have used.
- This is what we are going to cover in workshop: How you can develop an effective search strategy by identifying keywords and other search terms to help you find information, refining your search and some search tips. This will be useful for this coursework, but also in the future when you need to find information for other assignments. How to find and access books, journals and other sources of information using Library Search and other library resources. How to create references for the information sources that you use in your academic work. Evaluating the information that you find for reliability i.e. how to be a critical searcher. Some of the skills that they will learn will also be useful in your everyday life. Throughout our lives it is important to know how to find accurate and reliable information that we can trust, as well as evaluating the information that is presented to us, for example on social media.
- Your finished product (or essay, project etc) is just the tip of the iceberg. Below it is should be loads of research ie. looking at theory and facts, being inspired, getting ideas, stimulating your imagination etc. Limited research = less creativity. Finished design might not be as good as it could be. Find out as much as you can. Question, discuss, be inspired, think etc Feed your creativity…….library resources can help you do this. Below it is should be loads of research ie. looking at theory and facts, being inspired, getting ideas, stimulating your imagination etc. Research at Uni of Huddersfield shows that students who use library resources get better degrees. We’re going to start off with an exercise to get you thinking about keywords.
- It is a good idea to have a look at the assessment criteria or marking scheme for your assignments as these show you how the marks are distributed. You can also see how using library resources and other services such as our Learning Enhancement Team can help improve your marks. This is the marking scheme for your first piece of work for this module: Background, introduction, objectives 10% Presentation Content, Relevance & importance of material, evidence of research beyond Google type searches, clarity of material presented 70% Using library resources to find information rather than Google, will ensure that you find quality information that you can trust and will also demonstrate to your lecturer that you have carried out research – this will be evident in the references that you include in your presentation which will include journal articles and books, rather than websites which quite possibly have no quality/editorial control. In previous years I have sat through the presentations and for any given topic, the same websites kept being used. It was obvious that students had simply searched for ‘Bitcoins’ for example in Google and used the first few websites that appeared in the search results. This is not the way to get the best marks. Reading vs explaining, intelligibility of and reference to overheads, eye contact with audience, time management 10% Our Learning Enhancement Team can help you improve your presentation skills and even if you have not got time to have a one to one with them before you have to present, then there are relevant resources available online. I’ll give you the link at the end of the workshop. You can also use something called LinkedIn Learning to improve your time management skills. I’ll talk more about this resource towards the end of the workshop. Answers to questions 10% To ensure that you have enough knowledge of the subject to answer any questions that your audience might ask you after your presentation, make sure that you have carried out sufficient research using library resources.
- First of all we’ll be looking at search terms i.e. the keywords that you use to search for information whether using library resources at Uni or on the Internet to find information for your non-uni life. It is important to think carefully about the words that you use, as these can make all the difference when searching for information. If you don't use the right language or words, then you won't find what you need i.e. using meaningful words is essential too describe what you are looking for. You will need to think beyond the obvious keywords i.e. the words that appear in your essay title or project brief, to ensure that you find as much information as possible. Using a range of quality search terms will enable you to find information which is relevant. To get you thinking about keywords and how you can use them to describe something, we are going to do a quick exercise (describe what will happen): Online workshop: Students will be allocated to a breakout room in groups of c3. In the breakout room, each group should think of a really famous person and come up with 5 words (not phrases) to describe that person. I’ll show you an example in a moment. Each group needs to nominate a spokesperson to share their keywords with the rest of the class when they return to main room. The idea is to make is as easy as possible for the rest of the class to guess who your person is – if they guess straight away, then you have chosen good keywords to describe them. They will have 5 mins for this task. **************Before you start breakout rooms show our example and see if the students can guess who it is – next slide***************
- And this is who my famous person is, if you didn’t already guess. – Marcus Rashford, Man United and campaigner for food parcels for school children not able to access free school meals during pandemic. Ask class: What other words could I have used to help you guess the sports personality? Philanthropist Children Meals Lockdown England Hampers Poverty FareShare – food waste charity who MR teamed up with to deliver meals to children in greater Manchester who were no longer receiving free school meals. MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) Charity Forward – playing position in Man United Hunger Homelessness Activist/Activism Start exercise. Online workshop: Set-up breakout rooms and allocate students (c3 per room). Remind students that they can ‘Call you for help’ when they are in the breakout rooms After about 5 mins ‘Broadcast message to all’ to say room will be closing in 1 minute, then ‘close all rooms’ – students should see a 60 second countdown in their break out rooms. When everyone back in main room: Librarian shares whiteboard – to enable students to write on whiteboard click on ‘More’ in toolbar at top of screen and select ‘Enable annotations for others’. Ask each group spokesperson in turn to type their 5 keywords on whiteboard – In order to write on presenter’s whiteboard, students will need to go to ‘View options’ (near where it says ‘You are viewing xxx’s screen) in the task bar at top of screen and select ‘Annotate’ and then choose the ‘Text’ option from the whiteboard toolbar. Everyone tries to guess who your famous person is. If class does not guess the famous person, then spokesperson tells us who the person is and then class discuss what keywords might have helped them guess the famous sports star. Move on to next group. Repeat. Alternatively ask them to type the keywords in to chat and librarian copies on to whiteboard – when in the Whiteboard ‘Chat’ disappears, so click on ‘More’ in toolbar and then ‘Chat’. It will then appear in a small box on screen. Alternatively, don’t share whiteboard and just ask spokesperson to type their 5 words in Chat. Before we move on to the real thing, reiterate the importance of thinking about keywords when searching. The better their keywords, the better the search results.
- When you have decided what your project is about you will need to think about the following: What is your topic? What do you need to find out about? Try and break your topic down into a small number of concepts. What do you need to know? Think about what sort of information you need e.g. theories, stats, facts etc Where from? Think about where you can find the information that you need e.g. books can give you a broad overview of a subject (history, background, theories etc.), journals provide more detailed and focussed information and good for up-to-date research etc. I’ll take you through the resources available for to use during this workshop. Searching only one word for each concept will not necessarily bring you all the results you need. Sometimes none, so you need to think of different ways of describing your topic. Not everyone uses the same terminology Think of synonyms….different/alternative words that mean the same e.g. old person, OAP, pensioner, elderly, elder, aged etc Consider professional, common and scientific words e.g. Myocardial Infarction/Heart Attack International differences e.g. American words and spellings compared with British English e.g. behaviour/behaviour or sidewalk/pavement Acronyms/Abbreviations and Initialisms e.g. NHS In addition you need to think about words to use to find information that provides broader information, background and history as well as the detail that you require. Brainstorming with someone else is often a good way of coming up with lots of different terminology, as is mind mapping which encourages you to think about the different aspects of the subject that you are researching. As you start to find articles, you will probably come up with other terminology that you can use. A worksheet called ‘Improving your search’ is available at the link on the screen to help you think about the keywords that you will use to search with. For info in case asked: Acronym: an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word e.g. MODA – Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture Abbreviation: a shortened form of a word or phrase e.g. Tribeca (Triangle below Canal Street) Initialism: NHS – National Health Service Using 'Drugs in sport' as an example: Keywords Drugs, sport Synonyms/Alternative words Stimulants, steroids, human growth hormones, diuretics Physical activity, physical exercise Doping Narrower (detail) Anabolic steroids, caffeine, performance enhancing drugs Different types of sport e.g. athletics Gender, side effects, blood tests Broader Ethics, law, corruption, Olympic Games, drug abuse Acronyms/Abbreviations/Initialisms PED (Performance Enhancing Drugs), IOC (International Olympic Committee), WADA (World Anti Doping Agency).
- Run through these search tips which work well on Library Search. comput* ……..Truncates your search by finding everything which contains the same bit of a word e.g. compute, computation, computes, computer, computers, computerisation etc “Project management”……….Allows you to search for a phrase i.e. where words appear together and in a specific order. This is particularly useful if words are quite common. *****More search tips at the URL on the screen which can be used when searching the Internet*****
- Once you have started your search, if you find that you have too many search results: Add more keywords to narrow down your search results e.g. 'Design history, 20th century, textiles' rather than just 'design history' Be more specific e.g. 'Sprinting' rather than 'running' Search for an "exact phrase" e.g. "Number theory" Add limits e.g. Date, country, gender etc.
- Not enough results: Use alternative keywords e.g. Old person - also use: aged, elderly, OAP, old age pensioner, senior citizen etc Be less specific e.g. Use 'package holidays' rather than 'coach package holidays' Split the question into individual concepts - searching for all concepts together might make your search too complicated Use an asterisk to search for variations of the same word e.g. Swim* (swim, swimmers, swimming)
- It is important to use a wide range of quality resources in your academic work as these will provide you not only with the information that you require, but also give your work balance and diversity. Many students rely too heavily on the Internet as their main source of information, but for university assignments you will need to be confident that the information that you are using is accurate and reliable. This is where the library can help you as we provide access to a huge range of resources – books, journals, magazines, conference papers and specialist databases, many of which are available online. You can access library resources and services by logging on to MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary. The library provides access to thousands of books, journals, magazines, conference papers etc, many of which are available electronically.
- 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 Inter Library Loans: Not a resource, but a way of getting hold of material that the library doesn’t hold or provide access to electronically.
- Library Search allows you to search all the resources that the library provides, either in the library or available online including books, journals and conference papers etc. 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.
- The library subscribes to a range of databases which can be accessed from MyLibrary. Once you are in the list of databases you can either use the drop-down menu to see a more focused list of resources relevant to your subject area, or click on the 'alphabet' if you know the name of the resource you require. Subject specific journal databases i.e. collections of journals, but often including other types of information such as book chapters, conference papers and research papers in a particular subject area e.g. IEEE Xplore (computing and engineering) Specific information types such as British Standards Online (Standards), Global Newsstream (newspapers) and Box of Broadcasts (TV and radio programmes) Individual resources such as Britannica Online (encyclopedia) Training/skills/alert services such as LinkedIn Learning (video tutorials - business, technology and creative skills), Cite Them Right Online (referencing) and Zetoc Alert (current awareness).
- https://padlet.com/hendonmdx/2560 v.hill….. Hendon2020 Lets have a look at some of the resources available through MyLibrary i.e. provided by the library, plus Google Scholar which is an open access resource. Go to: https://padlet.com/hendonmdx/2560 Have a look at the 8 resources – all provided by Middlesex University except for Google Scholar Vote for the ones you like using the ‘thumbs up’ icon Add a comment – how might they be useful/what you like about them You’ve got about half an hour Feedback 30 mins. On the screen you can see a list of the various topics that you can choose to research for coursework 1. You can use one or more of these topics to try out the library resources that you are going to be exploring.
- IEEE Xplore (Engineering and computing) Allows you to search full text technical literature from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering including journals, transactions, magazines, conference proceedings and Standards plus journals and conference papers from the Institute of Engineering and Technology. Its subject scope is electrical engineering, computing science and electronics. Covering literature published from mainly 1988 onwards. It is the most expensive journal database that the University subscribes to costing over £100,000 a year which gives you an indication of the quality of the information that you will find. ACM Digital Library (Computing) Access to the publications of the Association of Computing Machinery including journal and newsletters articles, conference proceedings plus citations to other material from other publishers. The latter are not available full text so will need to be requested by Inter Library Loan (more later in section 9) to obtain the information. The database covers all areas of computing science going back over 60 years. Science Direct (Science) Access to 2,650 peer-reviewed science journals, 42k ebooks and 3,065 open access publications, covering physical sciences (astonomy, physics, chemistry etc) , engineering, life sciences (study of life e.g. zoology, biology, botany etc), health sciences, social sciences (anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, sociology etc) and humanities. Full text.
- Full text global news content from the present time to the 1980s.
- 'Britannica Academic' 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.
- Probably not relevant to coursework 1, but maybe useful later on in your programme. '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.
- However, using Google is not all bad. 'Google Scholar' is another resource that you can use to find information. It is open access, so available to everyone, not just Middlesex University students. It enables you to find journal articles, theses, books, and more, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites across all disciplines. Not everything on 'Google Scholar' is full text, but you can link it to our library resources by changing the settings as shown in the image below. You only need to do this once on your own laptop/device, but you will need to be logged on to MyUniHub. More useful is finding material which is not accessible through Middlesex University Library i.e. articles, books and papers etc which are on open-access on the Internet. 'Google Scholar' is good, but there is limited ability to combine different keywords or to refine your search as you can with 'Library Search'. However it is possible to set up alerts using a Google account to keep up-to-date with recent developments in any area of research, and save material found to a personal library. Google Scholar is good, but there is limited ability to combine different keywords or to refine your search as you can with Library search and our journal databases. Also older articles can appear first in results, so use the date limits on the left hand side of the screen.
- There are a few useful features on 'Google Scholar' including: If an author’s name is underlined, you can click on it to discover other things that they have written. These may be useful sources of information for your research Click on the "speech mark" icon to create a reference in various referencing styles including Harvard See how many times an article has been cited by other authors by clicking on 'Cited by...'. This gives an indication of how influential the article has been.
- Once you have found information and have used it in your work, we need to think about referencing. Ask students why they need to reference? Take their feedback and then click to show the info below: Highlight and back-up relevant points and facts that you have made in your assignment (i.e. establish the credibility and authority of your ideas and arguments) by quoting, paraphrasing or summarising from the original text. Demonstrate that you have read widely on the subject by providing evidence of your research Give credit to the original author/creator i.e. Distinguish between your own ideas and opinions and those of others. Achieve a better mark or grade: marks are often awarded for the accuracy of your references. Enable the reader (your tutor) to locate the original material you used. Avoid plagiarism.
- Explain that although we can create Harvard references on Library Search, the references will need to be slightly tweeked to make them perfect. To do this they need to use Cite Them Right Online. Explain how it works and how to access it. Cite Them Right doesn’t create references for you, but shows you how to reference loads of different types of information sources. *******There is a referencing exercise in their ‘module workbook’ (mentioned on slide 1), which they need to carry out in their own time. Cite Them Right will help them complete this referencing exercise. As part of this exercise it will be useful for them to look at the ‘Basics’ section of Cite Them Right.******** Next slide shows example of the small changes that they might need to make to references created on Library Search.
- Bits that needed changing are highlighted in colour.
- Create references using Library Search Use Cite Them Right Online to make them perfect Be consistent – make sure you use the same referencing style (Harvard) all the time. There isn’t time to go in to too much more detail about referencing in this workshop, but there is an exercise in your workbook which includes referencing to complete in your own time. There is a link on the screen where you can find a Harvard and IEEE referencing guide. Also refer to referencing and plagiarism guide – URL on screen.
- Finally it is important to evaluate the quality of the information found. It is easy to find information, so it is more important than ever to make sure what you select is good. Evaluation exercise Ask students to stay in their groups. Hand out one Evaluation worksheet to each group. Ask groups to go to the website noted on the screen and on their worksheet. They will find links to 4 items on the subject of Brexit (click on red links). Look at each item and consider how we know if the information is reliable (c10mins). If time is running out then allocate an item to each group. It doesn’t matter if more than one group looks at the same item as long as they are all covered. Students should use worksheets to record their thoughts. After 10 mins take feedback. These are the four items with some pointers: Item 1 Wikipedia: Good overview Lots of references, but eclectic mix. Can see contributors if click on ‘View history’ (top right) but authors often use pseudonyms such as BurritoBazooka, Luigi Boy, David in DC etc Can click on contributors names to see a profile, but not useful. No idea of who they are and what they do/know etc Item 2: Get Britain out Blog: Has a derogatory tone e.g. “Cameron & Co.”, “interfering busybodies” etc. Jingoist, historic overview of Britain success and power and how we can cope without Europe. Author is knowledgeable, but has a very particular perspective. No references. Item 3: Guardian newspaper article: Left wing paper so some bias. Author is the Science Editor, although this might not mean that he is a science expert. However if you click on his name you can get an overview of his science background. The article is well written and cross-referenced against other Guardian articles and refers to expert opinion. No references. Item 4: LSE Centre for Economic Performance paper: Reputable, academic source. Contact details. We are told that the centre has no institutional ties, the views are those of the authors and that one of the authors did not and does not support joining the Euro. Funding for the centre is made explicit. The paper is well written. Citations, cross-references, expert sources, further reading etc.
- To summarise: Authority : Who is the author? What is their knowledge base/qualifications? How have they carried out their research? Can the information be supported? Another witness or further information from a different source. Is there any peer review? 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? Does it need to be up-to-date? When was it last updated and by whom? Do you know what was updated. There is often an explanation of what has been updated in new edition of a book.
- 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. Example of how it might be useful: Might want more help using Word or Excel. Later on in their programme they will probably need to use SPSS (Data analysis software) which is also covered on Linked In learning. In addition there is employability tutorials including presentation skills, CV writing, interview skills, time keeping etc Plus wellbeing tutorials e.g. relaxation techniques. 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.
- More information about the range of resources available on the Library Subject Guide plus lots of useful online guides e.g. how to search for information on Library Search etc. Also contact details for Vanessa and Paula (LET).
- This is the end of the workshop which I hope you found useful. If you have any questions, then please contact me – my email address is on the screen v.hill@mdx.ac.uk - or visit the relevant Library Guide from the web address on the screen. Link on screen takes you to the online resources created by our Learning Enhancement Team, which you can use to improve your presentation skills.