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MSc DEMM Oct 2014
- 1. MSc DEMM PDE4222 Oct 2014 Finding research evidence http:// unihub.mdx.ac.uk / study / library
- 2. In this workshop we will look at... • How to find information • Developing an effective search strategy • Resources available and how to use them • Evaluating information for quality and relevance • Managing references
- 5. Find out more MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/PDE
- 6. Thinking about keywords http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossjamesparker/89414788/
- 7. The real thing IMechE Students’ Design Challenge •Keywords •Alternative keywords •More specific keywords •Related subjects
- 8. Finding resources myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Summon Select Summon and search for information for your project
- 10. Journal Databases myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases Choose subjects for a list of relevant journal databases
- 11. British Standards Online MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > B> British Standards Online
- 12. News, trends, inspiration, forecasting MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W > WGSN HomeBuildLife
- 13. Summon and journal databases provide: • Access to quality information • Information not available elsewhere • Up-to-date • Focussed/specific • Full-text access • Access on/off campus • Personalize • Citation and journal impact info
- 14. Citation searching • 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
- 15. Web of Knowledge MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W > Web of Knowledge > Web of Science
- 16. Get online help using resources MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/PDE
- 18. Keeping up-to-date with your subject • Zetoc Alert • TicTOC • Google Alerts More information on Library Subject Guide: http://bit.ly/KeepingCurrentPDE
- 19. It’s not in the Library! • Inter Library Loans http://bit.ly/InterLibraryLoans • Sconul Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access • Other libraries http://bit.ly/visitingotherlibraries
- 20. But is it any good?
- 21. Evaluating information Imagine you are writing an essay on Robots Have a look at the 4 items that you have been given and consider the following: • Which items are the most relevant to your essay? • Which items would be no use? • Which item has the most academic authority? • Which items might have bias? • Which item is the most current?
- 22. Evaluating information • Authority • Relevance • Intent • Objectivity • Currency
- 23. Referencing and Plagiarism myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Library Subject Guides > Prod. Des. & Des. Eng. > Information Skills > Referencing and Citation http://bit.ly/PDref
- 24. Managing your references • Use bibliographic management software • RefWorks and Flow • http://bit.ly/BibManSoftwareMDX
- 25. Keeping in touch • Blog http://satlibrarian.blogspot.com • Twitter http://twitter.com/SATlibrarian • Library Facebook Middlesex University Library • Library Twitter http://twitter.com/MDXLibrary
- 26. Need further help? Your Librarian is: Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/support/unihelp/
Editor's Notes
- Welcome and intros.
- How to find information for your projects How to develop an effective search strategy when you need to find information for an essay or project The range of resources available and how to use them to find good quality and relevant information Evaluating information for quality and relevance Managing references Research from Uni of Huddersfield shows that correlation between library usage and good grades.
- Hands on exercise: Sources game.
- Magazine (A regular publication aimed at a profession, business or interest....trade/popular) Good: Latest news: events, jobs, products etc, concise info, easy to obtain Bad: lacks detail, can be bias, old issues hard to come by Standards (An agreed, often legally binding level of quality or way of doing something....regional, Nat, Internat, profession/sector) Good: Created by experts, confidence Company/market research report (Well researched overview of a company or product market. Could contain future trends, financial data, competitors and SWOT analysis) Good: Up-to-date: latest research/data, Insider information: information not freely available elsewhere, objective, accurate Bad: Hard to locate Webpage Good: All subjects covered, easy to use, mobile Bad: accuracy, no editorial control, anyone can add information, provenance Newspapers Good: Daily information ie. up-to-date, edited, current issues accessible Bad: Sensationalist, biased (unbalanced), harder to get back issues Conference proceedings (Collof aca papers distributed after a conference, cont the contributions made by researchers, academics etc) Good: Up-to-date: latest research, ideas, thinking on a subject, focussed/specialist, stringent quality control Bad: Too specific Journals Good: Up-to-date, Focussed: specialist subject areas, quality Bad: Too specific Books Good: overview, background knowledge, edited/quality Bad: Currency, detailed/specific information
- More information about the range of resources available on the Library Subject Guide plus useful online guides eg. how to find information for your project.
- Group discussion: What can you see in the picture…fruit If type ‘fruit’ into database will get millions of hits, how can you break it down ie. search for something more specific to get more manageable results Can you be more specific ie. Type of fruit: apples, oranges, bananas etc Location: Stall, market, outdoor market, fruit market, Britain Detail: boxes, signs, astroturf, prices, colour of fruit, lights, pound £ signs, special offer etc People in background: old, young, male, female > stall holder, customers, browsers etc Think of related subjects eg. retail, commercial, financial, point-of-sale Shopping, shops, fish/meat/clothes market, shopping centres, high street Town, city, centre, British town Nutrition: vits and mins Also: Orange or Blackberry: fruit NOT telephone Apple: fruit NOT computer Thinking beyond the obvious, looking for the detail that might make a difference.
- Locomotion Climbing/walking robots Motion/motion planning Kinematics (geometry of motion) vertical
- Need to carry out a literature review: Finding the information available on a subject Finding information to inform, underpin and shape your research Finding what has already been written on a subject Analyzing, evaluating and making judgements about the info found Identifying the main trends Finding appropriate information: the information needs to be suitable for your need ie. right level, current if important, sufficient breadth or detail etc Explain to students what Summon is. Go to UniHub > Login in to MyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Summon Ask students to search for information for their project. Remember to use some of the keywords that we have discussed.
- Show the students how to refine their search using: FT Content type Subject terms Publication date Language etc Have another go.
- Students can also search individual databases.
- Description: Worth Global Style Network Homebuildlife is an online trend forecasting and product design tool for the industrial design, home and interiors market across 16 product categories, including furniture, lighting, textiles, interiors, garden design Subject Scope: Interiors, product design, packaging, texitles, marketing, trends, forecasting, business strategy, trade news, trade shows
- Access to quality academic information eg. Peer reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings , research etc Information not available elsewhere Up-to-date Focussed/specific....not designed to sell you things, search results not sponsored Full-text access Access on/off campus Personalize eg. In MyEBSCO, once signerd up you can: Save preferences Organise research within folders Share folders Save search history Create email alerts/Rss feeds for searches and subjects Can provide citation and journal impact info > more info on next slide
- Which articles have cited an earlier article ie. 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 terms Find out how many times a paper has been cited ie. gauge the usefulness/quality. esteem of a paper Determine 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
- Lots of useful online guides eg. How to find books How to find information for your project Accessing journal databases etc
- Inter Library Loan service: request copies of books and journals not held by MDX. £3 charge. Register as DL first. More info on our website. SCONUL 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. Apply online. Other libraries (specialist, catalogues etc): British Library http://www.bl.uk/ COPAC http://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. Search25 http://www.search25.ac.uk/: helps you discover library resources across London and the South East. You can also see where the libraries are and find out how to visit them. SUNCAT http://www.suncat.ac.uk/ SUNCAT, a union catalogue of serials (periodicals) for the UK, is a tool for locating serials held in UK libraries.
- How do you decide if the information is any good? Especially important with the Internet. What do you think about this quote?
- We’ve looked at the fun resources, now we’re going to look at more traditional resources…… Divide class into group and hand out worksheet and 4x items. Discuss. No right or wrong answers. All items found by doing a search on Robots. Which item is most relevant: Journal Article: specialist journal of robots and robotics Book: broad overview of robots and robotology Which item would be no use: Newspaper Article from the Sun Website (fake) Which item has the most academic authority: Journal Article: peer-reviewed, citations and ref list, biography of authors, etc Book: author has some academic authority (back cover blurb) Are any of the items bias: Newspaper article could be depending on the subject Websites can also show bias if created for specific purpose Also be aware of trade journals that have adverts Which item is the most current: Journal article: Dec 2009 Book: 1984 Newspaper article: Nov 2004 Website: Oct 2011 Would need to continue search.
- Take feedback and discuss. 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?
- Referencing and Plagiarism libguide includes information on how to reference material correctly. Also information about Plato, LDU support and links to helpsheets. Don’t forget: Computing LibGuide bring together all the resources for your subject area.
- 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.