5. USA OR America (broaden search)
comput* (broaden search e.g. Computer, computers, computerisation, computation)
“project management” (phrase search)
+Ideo or “IDEO” (exact match)
Define: “data mining” (definition)
Jaguar -Cat (exclude words)
Related: http://www.bcs.org/ (find similar sites)
“online banking” site: computer (find a subject in specific types of sites)
cybercrime site: ac (find a subject within academic websites)
Smarter searching
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_miley/2614472057/
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/SearchTips
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21. More to life than Google
• Explore the resource you have been given
• Prepare a short demonstration
• Include:
• What is it?
• Useful/interesting features
• Limitations
• How you could use this resource
in your studies
22. Find out more
MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > MySubject Library Guides > Computing, Maths and Engineering
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Resources
28. Need further help?
Your Librarian is:
Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Help
Notas del editor
Welcome
Intros
Lots of group work etc
Why you should be curious about your subject are eg. Students who use a wider range of quality resources in their work get higher marks
Thinking about the words you need to use in order to find the information you want
Search tips to help you search the internet better
Resources available to you from the library and open access.
Evaluating for quality and relevance
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.
We’re going to start off with an exercise to get you thinking about keywords.
Hand out worksheets to small groups:
What is it?
Words you can use to describe it....think big, detail etc
Start to research the image/topic on the Internet:
List 3 interesting/surprising facts about the image/topic
Describe how you found these facts
Feedback after.
As we’re going to use Google, ask how students streamline their search. Show next slide after discussion.
Discuss the ways that you can control your search (can be used on all sorts of databases including the Internet).
Lynda.com
IEEE Xplore
BSOL
Cite them right
Library SearchLibGuide
Ted Talks
Google Scholar
More information about the range of resources available on the Library Subject Guide.
With reference to information. What do these words mean?
Answers next slide.
Currency
How old: How old is the information? Does it need to be up-to-date?
Last updated: When was the information last updated?
What: Do you know what was updated. Think Wikipedia. There is often an explanation of what has been updated in new edition of a book.
Authority
Author: Do you know who the author is?
Qualifications: What is the author’s knowledge base?
Verifiable: Can the information be supported? Another witness or further info from a different source. Is there any peer review?
Divide class into groups.
Hand out pack of cards.
Students have two headings ‘Authority’ and ‘Currency’ (black cards).
Plus a double set of information sources. They should put the cards in order of which offer the most currency and authority.
Discuss.
