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MScBISM Jan 2017
- 1. http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/your-study/library-and-it-support MScBISM Jan 2017 Finding research evidence
- 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
- 3. Marking criteria: ECIS project • Originality (presenting ideas in your own words) • Quality and the appropriateness of the contents • Ability to present information in a coherent manner • Critical analysis of information gathered • Awareness of current issues regarding information systems and current technologies • Demonstration of research carried and acknowledgement of the sources • Overall presentation of your work.
- 5. Find out more MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > My Subject > Computing, Maths and Engineering http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Resources
- 7. The real thing •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.
- 11. Journal Databases myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases • ACM Digital Library • IEEE Xplore • Science Direct http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/JournalDatabases
- 12. 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
- 13. 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
- 14. Web of Science MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W > Web of Science http://www.slideshare.net/EISLibrarian/citation-indexes-2016
- 15. MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > B http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Standards
- 16. 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
- 17. Referencing and citation myUniHub > My Study > MyLibrary > Databases > C > Cite Them Right Online
- 18. Cite Them Right Online
- 20. Evaluating information • Imagine you are researching ‘The right to be forgotten’ • Go to http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EvaluatingInformationPG • Have a look at the 5 items and then answer the following question: How do we know if the information is reliable?
- 21. • Authority • Relevance • Intent • Objectivity • Currency Evaluating information
- 22. MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > L http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Lynda
- 23. Need further help? Your Librarian is: Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Help
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.
- Theme of the Coursework This year’s coursework is based on the themes covered by the 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS2015). See page http://www.ecis2015.eu/. Your task is to write a research paper for the conference by the deadline specified. This also involves two other interim milestones as explained in Section 2 below.
- 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 e.g. how to find information for your project.
- 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.
- Hand out blank paper and ask students in their pairs to brainstorm keywords.
- 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: Full text Content type Subject terms Publication date Language etc Also how to create Harvard references. Have another go.
- Point out how they can create a RefWorks account and explain what it does. Help available from the link.
- Students can also search individual databases. ACM Digital library, IEEE Xplore and Science Direct are the main ones for Computing, but more information available from the library subject guide or from the drop-down menu on the Databases page.
- To summarise: 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 signed 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
- Citation data and journal citation reports available from Web of Knowledge Help guide available at the link.
- Another useful resource is British Standards online. Access as shown on slide. Can search all of the British and adopted European and International standards. Only a small number are available in full text, but we can add required standards if required up to our quota of 150.
- 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.
- If information sources are used in your work, you will need to cite and reference them. Cite Them Right is their online referencing guide.
- How do you decide if the information is any good? Especially important with the Internet. What do you think about this quote?
- In groups. Hand out worksheet. Paul Bernal’s blog ‘The right to be forgotten roadshow- and the power of Google’ Blog about Privacy, Human Rights, Law, The Internet, Politics and more. PB is Lecturer in Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Media Law at the University of East Anglia Law School. Wikipedia ‘Right to be forgotten’ Lots of refs. BBC News Technology ‘What is the 'right to be forgotten'?’ Dave Lee author is BBC Technology reporter. Contact details. The Guardian ‘EU to Google: expand 'right to be forgotten' to Google.com’ Contact details for author. Substantial. Facts etc Computer Law & Security Review ‘The ‘Right to be Forgotten-Worth remembering?’ Substantial article, lots of refs, peer reviewed, good source. Take feedback (Useful to have these 5 items open on the screen so can point things out)
- Sum up. 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?
- Another resource that might be useful is Lynda.com. A84 Uni email
- More help available at the link.