2. I AM . . .
Melanie Parlette
LRC Program Liaison for
School of Engineering and Information Technology
mparlette@conestogac.on.ca
3. TODAY we will…
• Discuss the responsibilities of borrowing from
Musagetes.
• Recognize the path to the library website and their
course specific research guide.
• Search the library discovery tool to find books and
articles and use the refining options to achieve more
relevant results.
• Explore different types of sources and understand
why they are important.
• Evaluate different types of sources and resources.
4. Musagetes
Privileges:
• The $20 Community borrower fee is waived if you register your
Conestoga student card at the Musagetes Architecture Library
• The Musagetes Architecture Library is located within the UW School of
Arch building in Cambridge and has an extensive architectural resource
collection
Responsibilities:
• You are responsible for all fines incurred while borrowing
• Keep in mind that this agreement is a privilege and that failure to return
items/pay fines may result in future students losing this privilege
• Sanctions for abuse of this privilege might include: loss of Conestoga
LRC privileges, your Program coordinator may choose to issue a
complaint with the VP of Student Affairs, transcripts and/or diplomas
may be withheld
5. Off-Campus Access
PIN NUMBERS - You can use your PIN to:
• Access resources from Off-Campus
• Renew a book, place a hold
• Review your account
6. LRC Homepage Research Help Engineering Mechanical Engineering
YOUR Research Guide
http://bit.ly/APFM
Key Tabs:
•Articles from Databases
•Books . . .
•Cite Your Sources
•Contact Us
8. Finding A Source to
Answer Your Question
• Where do we begin?
• Google
• Wikipedia
• Other suggestions…
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13. Types of Sources
What’s the Difference?
Scholarly Journals Popular Magazines Trade Journals Conference Papers Technical Reports
• Scholarly research or • General interest • Industry related • Author is scholar in • Author is often a
projects. articles, information, news and field, academic or scholar or a scientist,
• Illustrations are entertainment, or trends. Some researcher engineer, government
usually charts and information aimed at illustrations. • Conference papers contractor, or
graphs. the consumer. • Authors are industry tend to be more technical personnel.
• Authors are Usually colour experts, recent than journal • Published by a
authorities in their photographs and professionals, or articles, but may be corporation or
field. Often professors illustrations. practitioners who are considered less educational institution
or researchers. • Articles are usually not always identified authoritative • Reputation is
• Peer review process written by magazine • Typically no peer depending on the everything
is in place where the staff, freelance review or refereeing review and • Typically not peer
content of an article is writers, or may be process. acceptance process reviewed
reviewed by one or anonymous. • Peer Review Process Example:
more experts in the • No peer review or Examples: may or may not be 2010 Energy Efficiency
field. refereeing process. Today’s Facility rigorous Indicator
Manager, Building
Examples: Examples: and Facilities Example:
Journal of Facilities Wired, Popular Management Proceedings of the CIB
Management, Mechanics W070 International
Facilities Conference in
Facilities
Management
14. What is Peer
•
Review?
When an author submits his or her research article to a scholarly journal, an
editor will review it to see if it meets the criteria of that journal. If it does, the
editor will send the article out for Peer Review.
[Peer Review is the process where other experts in the field will
thoroughly review and evaluate the article and the research that was
done. They check for accuracy of the information presented, validity
and repeatability of the research, quality and appropriateness for the
journal.]
• Based on the feedback from the experts (i.e. “peers”), the author’s
submission will be accepted, rejected or accepted with revisions. It is
uncommon to accept a paper with no revisions. In most cases an author will
need to make some changes before final publication.
Source: Simon Fraser University
15. Academic Publishing Process
A researcher The researcher The editor reviews it
carries out submits their and sends it out to
research paper to a multiple experts for
journal. peer review
Sometimes the
article might be
Open Access is
outright rejected
revolutionizing
this process.
People engage
People
with the
comment
findings of the
on the
article through
article
social media
through
letters to
The reviewers
the editor examine the article.
Other
researchers
incorporate the
findings in their This process may be
research repeated until the
article meets the
standards of the
reviewers.
The publisher The researcher
and experts makes some
The paper edits.
is review the
published paper.
in the
journal
16. Choosing Better Sources
• How can you tell trustworthy information (the “better” information) from
less-trustworthy information (“worse” information)?
The CARS Test
• Credibility Look for believable, well written information that is free
of bias. Locate information about the author(s) and their credentials. How
credible are the authors, what is their level of expertise on this particular
topic.
• Accuracy The information should be up-to-date, clear. You can confirm
accuracy by locating information from a variety of sources. Look for a last
updated date.
• Reasonableness Information should be present objective and
balanced arguments.
• Support Other sources should support the information found. Always
look for a reference list, bibliography or citations demonstrating where the
information came from.
19. What do I search
for?
Building
Security Automation Built
Systems Environment
Risk Facility
Fire
Assessment Management Protection
Building
Life Emergency Energy
Procedures
Cycle Efficiency
21. Today We…
• Located key sections of the LRC’s website
• Practiced evaluating resources to ensure they were
of good quality
• Performed a basic search of LRC resources,
narrowed our search and created a list of relevant
results
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