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Introduction to finding and evaluating eresources Samantha Halford Librarian for Business & Management and Marketing & Enterprise  http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/content.php?hs=a&pid=70479  s.halford@mdx.ac.uk
Part One: Why use the Library’s Online Resources? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Abstracts vs Full Text ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Example Article (1/2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Example Article (2/2) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Part Two: Finding Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Learning  Resources  Web Pages  http://www.lr.mdx.ac.uk/
Example One – Finding  journal articles ,[object Object],[object Object]
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[object Object],Enter your keywords (for instance, ‘viral marketing’),  and click on ‘Search’.
Result page:  Look at the number of results (circled in red) to see if you need to narrow them down.
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When you’ve found an article you like, click on the title so see more information, or click on ‘PDF Full Text’ to read, save or print the whole article.
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Part Three: Evaluating Resources ,[object Object],[object Object]
Definition From Dictionary.com, accessed 16 th  February 2010, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evaluate+
There are books to help: try...  Judith Bell,  Doing your research project  4 th  ed., Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2005. Classmark: 370.78 BEL or read it online via the library catalogue ( http://library.mdx.ac.uk/ )
Things to consider... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Example 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Introduction to Finding and Evaluating Resources

  • 1. Introduction to finding and evaluating eresources Samantha Halford Librarian for Business & Management and Marketing & Enterprise http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/content.php?hs=a&pid=70479 s.halford@mdx.ac.uk
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  • 8. Learning Resources Web Pages http://www.lr.mdx.ac.uk/
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  • 12. Result page: Look at the number of results (circled in red) to see if you need to narrow them down.
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  • 14. When you’ve found an article you like, click on the title so see more information, or click on ‘PDF Full Text’ to read, save or print the whole article.
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  • 17. Definition From Dictionary.com, accessed 16 th February 2010, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evaluate+
  • 18. There are books to help: try... Judith Bell, Doing your research project 4 th ed., Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2005. Classmark: 370.78 BEL or read it online via the library catalogue ( http://library.mdx.ac.uk/ )
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Editor's Notes

  1. nanos gigantium humeris insidentes – standing on the shoulders of giants. Originally attributed to 12 th c Bernard of Chartres but made famous by Isaac Newton.