3. Presentation Content The Research Process Choosing a Project Writing Plans Time Management Literature Reviews Developing Information skills Useful information sources Completing Projects
10. Can’t Think of a Project? Ask friends, family, lecturers Look at/develop previous work Relate it to your interests Start from a quote Follow your hunches Mind Mapping Be Prepared to Change direction
11. Writing Plan Set deadlines Write regularly Write up a section as soon as it is ready Stop where it is easy to resume writing Leave space for revisions Publicize your plans
12. Time Management Inadequate primary research Insufficient literature search Handing in a project without any advice on draft chapters Incomplete sections Inconsistency throughout No constant links / themes No proof reading Poor presentation of final project
13. Literature Reviews Evidence of reading Include only relevant items Locate information sources Decide what you need to know Select the topic Define the terminology Define the parameters Select sources Locate appropriate materials
14. Developing Information Skills Critical Thinking Exercise - http://lis.tees.ac.uk/infoskills_gen/critical/exercise. Internet Detective – http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/
15. Useful Information Sources Subject Guides HEA subject Centres http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/subjectcentres L&IS subject guides http://lis.tees.ac.uk/subject/ Websites for visitors http://lis.tees.ac.uk/links/
16. Useful Information Sources Intute - http://www.intute.ac.uk/ DISSC - http://lis.tees.ac.uk/dissc/ Google Scholar
17. Extended Project Excellent Opportunity to experience HE library http://lis.tees.ac.uk/ Limited to Print collection External membership available
18. Completing Projects Clear aims & objectives Literature review Sound methodology reliability and validity, ethics Accuracy in interpretation of results Qualified assertions (NOT sweeping statements) Important to cite and reference Presentation Logical approach discussion and links throughout the work
Students find it difficult to ascertain good information – this exercise gets them to rank info from different sources and to say why they think it is good bad or useful etc
Googlescholar - much better than basic googleGood examples of authoritative free sources –HEA - good subject links –will offer reading lists etcSubject guides – put together by staff who know something about the subject – organisations, associations, professional bodiesWebsites for visitors - again by subject and free
Explain about intute - helping to find best websites in subject areasDissc – examples of good essays - report writing - referencing
What L&IS do for the projectLicence limitationsPublic building – free access to collection for reference- explain ext.membership
