2. In this workshop we will look at...
• Resources available
• Accessing and obtaining information
• Effective searching
• Evaluating information
• Referencing and managing references
10. Sign-in to Library Search for full
functionality
Click on ‘Sign-in’,
choose ‘Middlesex
University’ and use
your university email
address.
Signing-in enables you to check
your library record, request
items, create lists, save
searches and create alerts and
export references to RefWorks.
14. Journal databases
myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/JournalDatabases
• ACM Digital Library
• Computer Source
• IEEE Xplore
• Science Direct
15. Library Search 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
16. 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
17. Web of Science
MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W > Web of Science
Check ‘WebBridge’ to
see if full text article is
available
See how many times
article has been cited.
Click on title
for more
information
Click number
of times cited
to see list of
citing articles
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/wos
19. Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.co.uk/
You may be
able to access
the full-text
here.
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.
20. 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 other
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.
27. 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?
30. Need further help?
Your Librarian is:
Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Help
Notas do Editor
Welcome and intros.
In the session:
Resources available to help you find information for your dissertation
Accessing and obtaining information
How to search effectively
Evaluating information
Referencing
Managing references
Your finished piece of work 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.
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.
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.
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 worksheet.
5 mins.
Feedback.
Indi project.
Accessing resources
Click on MyStudy.
You can now access library resources from the MyLibrary box……detail on next page.
Explain how they can broaden their search using an asterisk* e.g. given will find computer, computers, computing, computerisation, computation etc
Explain how they can refine their search using “quotation marks”.
These two refining tools work well on Summon, but can also be used on the Internet.
These and other refining tools which can be used on the Internet are available on our EPQ LibGuide which you all have access to…….link on the screen.
Help available here on using Library search.
Students can also search individual databases.
Choose individual database or select @Computing, Maths and Engineering’ from the drop-down menu.
The 4 databases listed are particularly useful.
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
Citation data and journal citation reports available from Web of Knowledge.
The world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities and proceedings of international conferences, symposia, seminars, colloquia, workshops, and conventions
Web of Science comprises of a number of journal databases including:
Science Citation Index Expanded (1970-present)
Social Sciences Citation Index (1970-present)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present)
Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990-present)
Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (1990-present)
Emerging Sources Citation Index (2015-present)
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.
Find journal articles, theses, books, and more, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Search across many disciplines
Locate the full-text document through your library or on the web: Change settings etc to link to MDX resources. You only need to do this once on your own laptop/device, but need to be logged on to MyUniHub.
Keep up with recent developments in any area of research
Save items in a personal library
Google Scholar is good, but limited ability to combine different keywords.
Older articles can appear first in results, so use the date limits on the left hand side of the screen.
We are one of the world’s most comprehensive research databases, giving you access to over 30,000 journals and more than 52 million article citations and conference papers through the British Library’s electronic table of contents.
Keeping pace with your peers, staying up to date with new research, and expanding your field of knowledge has never been so simple. We make it easy for you to set-up personalised email Zetoc Alerts or RSS feeds to track the latest articles or journal titles related to your interests. In most cases, you can access abstracts or the full text of articles, depending on your institution’s subscription arrangements
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.
You can use RefWorks to save and organise your references.
London1054
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)
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?
