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PDE4421 Nov 2016
- 1. http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/your-study/library-and-it-support PDE4421 Nov 2016 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
- 4. Find out more MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > My Subject > Science & Technology http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/pdde/Resources
- 6. The real thing â˘Keywords â˘Alternative keywords â˘More specific keywords â˘Related subjects Robotic systems and control
- 7. Finding resources myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Summon Select Summon and search for information for your project: Robotic systems and control
- 10. Journal Databases myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases ⢠ACM Digital Library ⢠IEEE Xplore ⢠Science Direct
- 11. 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
- 12. 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
- 13. Web of Science MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W > Web of Science
- 14. MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > B http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/PDDE/Standards
- 15. Itâs 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
- 16. MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > L http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/PDDE/Lynda
- 18. Evaluating information ⢠Imagine you are researching âThe right to be forgottenâ ⢠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?
- 19. ⢠Authority ⢠Relevance ⢠Intent ⢠Objectivity ⢠Currency Evaluating information
- 20. Need further help? Your Librarian is: Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/PDDE/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.
- 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.
- Thinking about keywords. Important to consider: What you are searching for Alternative words Detail Broader subject Related subject
- Hand out worksheet. 5 mins. Feedback. The students (roughly 5) are supposed to write a survey essay of 6-8 A4 page / 4000-6000 words double column IEEE reference style and format. The review needs to be related to be one particular area of robotic systems and control applications, such as (but not limited to) Interaction between humanoid robotics and neuroscience, Autonomous robots, Motor skill learning, Control strategies for robotics, Advances in assistive robotics. The focus would be an overall survey and then a detailed research on any one of the above specialized topic (most of the students would have chosen their topic of specialization, but this can change).
- 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.
- 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 areasâŚ..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
- 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.
- A84 Uni email
- How do you decide if the information is any good? Especially important with the Internet. What do you think about this quote?
- Paul Bernalâs blog âThe right to be forgotten roadshow- and the power of Googleâ 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 âRight to be forgottenâ Lots of refs. BBC News Technology âWhat is the 'right to be forgotten'?â Dave Lee author is BBC Technology reporter. Contact details. The Guardian âEU to Google: expand 'right to be forgotten' to Google.comâ Contact details for author. Substantial. Facts etc Computer Law & Security Review âThe âRight to be Forgotten-Worth remembering?â Substantial article, lots of refs, peer reviewed, good source.
- 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?