2. Your Librarian is:
Vanessa Hill
v.hill@mdx.ac.uk
tel. +44 (0)20 8411 2191
Blog http://satlibrarian.blogspot.com
Twitter http://twitter.com/SATlibrarian
3. 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
8. Finding resources
myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Summon
Select Summon and
search for information for
your research
9. Enter your search terms (keywords)
into the search box and click ‘Search’
Click on this link to
set the Middlesex
University Cookie
on to your
home/work
computer. This will
make it easier to
access anything
available full-text
online.
Human Computer Interaction
10. Your search results are displayed in a list
Number of
results
This is a print book for
example.
Your search will
find print and
electronic books,
print and electronic
journals, DVDs,
conference
proceedings, and
reports etc.
11. Other things you might see on Summon
This is an electronic book, which can
be read online or downloaded for a
limited period.
This is a full-text journal
article. Click here to read
online or download
This is a full-text
conference proceeding.
Click here to read online
or download
12. To get more information about an item…
….more
information and
an abstract will
be displayed
here
….hover the
cursor over
the title or
click….
13. You can refine your search in several ways eg.
Limit to items which
are full-text online ie.
you can read the
article or paper on
your computer
Scroll down the screen for
more refining options eg.
refining by subject, date
and language etc
Limit to scholarly
journals ie good
quality academic
journals
Limit search within a
discipline eg.
engineering. Click on
‘More’ for further
options
14. Other refining options are available further down the screen
Refine your
search by
subject, date,
or language
To refine by
date, select
and drag the
button, then
click ‘Update’
15. Refining by Subject allows you to select additional
subject terms ie. search terms/keywords
Click on ‘More’ to get a
full list of subject terms,
then select subjects to
refine your search
16. Some items are available full-text online
Select
‘Full-text
online’….
.…you can then open
the PDF or HTML file
to view the full-text
article/paper
Look out for
this icon
17. It is possible to save your references
Hover the cursor over
the item you want to
save and click on the
‘file’ symbol when it
becomes bold
....the temporary file is at the
top of the page. The number
indicates how many
references you have saved.
Click on this file to see your
saved references.
A tick appears on the
‘file’ icon and the item
reference has been
saved to a temporary
file....
18. Once ‘Saved items’ is open you can ….
….convert the reference
into the appropriate
referencing style eg.
Harvard, and email the
reference to yourself
….convert the reference
into the appropriate
referencing style eg.
Harvard, and email the
reference to yourself
You can save as many
references as you want to
the ‘Saved items’ file
19. Journal Databases
myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases > Computing Science
Choose subjects for
a list of relevant
journal databases
20.
21. 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
22. 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
24. If you are using our e-resources outside the University, you
may sometimes experience problems accessing full-text items
A troubleshooting online guide is
available :
MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary >
Library Subject Guides > Accessing
Electronic Resources
25. Get online help using resources
MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides > Computing
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EIS
26. It’s not in the Library!
• Inter Library Loans http://bit.ly/InterLibraryLoans
• Sconul Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access
• Requesting MDX books http://bit.ly/BookRequestMDX
You will need to register as a
Distance Learner in order to get
postal loans of MDX books
27. Register as a Distance Learner
Register as a Distance Learner by
completing this form. The form
can be found on the webpage
below.
http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/services/distance/index.aspx
28. Keeping up-to-date with your subject
• Zetoc Alert
• TicTOC
• Google Alerts
More information on Library Subject Guide:
http://bit.ly/CSkeepingcurrent
32. Managing your references
• Use bibliographic management software
• RefWorks and Flow
• http://bit.ly/BibManSoftwareMDX
33. Keeping in touch
• Blog http://satlibrarian.blogspot.com
• Twitter http://twitter.com/SATlibrarian
• Library Facebook Middlesex University Library
• Library Twitter http://twitter.com/MDXLibrary
34. Need more help?
Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk
UniHelp http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/support/unihelp/
Distance Support http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/services/distance/
Notas del editor
Library contact
Subject specific enquiries
Locating resources
Help with literature searching
You’re be hearing from Paula Bernaschina next week: Academic writing, reading, referencing etc
I’m going to concentrate on information literacy skills, but also ensure that you know where to find online help for using our resources.
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.
Important to use a wide range of quality resources in your research:
Books, journals/magazines, conference proceedings, websites and newspapers.
Have a look at the online guide (link at bottom of page), to get an overview of what each type of resource offers.
More information about the range of resources available on the Library Subject Guide for Computing.
Before you start researching, it is important to think about the keywords/search terms that you are going to use.
You need to consider different ways of describing the subject: alternative spellings, synonyms (word that means exactly or nearly the same as another word in the same language) etc
Also consider more detail ie. what you want to focus on.
It may also be useful to consider the broader picture, so that you have a context including related topics.
Need to carry out the same process when you start searching for information for a project.
When you have an essay or project, you need to carry out a literature search:
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
If you are using Summon outside the University, then click on this link to set the Middlesex University Cookie on to your home/work computer. This will make it easier to access anything available full-text online. Only need to do this once.
Students can also search individual databases.
Select ‘Computing science’ for a list of subject specific resources.
ACM: Database of papers published and marketed by the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) including journal and newsletter articles, and conference proceedings; plus citations/abstracts to material from other publishers. 1940s>
Business Source Complete (BSC) is a large and comprehensive full text and abstracting database that includes content form a huge range of peer reviewed (scholarly) and business journals and magazines. BSC has content from over 5000 journals and magazines 4000 of which are full text and of these over 1200 are scholarly, peer-reviewed journals
Computer Source: Searchable database of c750 publications (mostly journals), providing access to the latest information and current trends in high technology including topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems, robotics, and software.
Emerald is a leading English language publisher of academic and professional literature in the fields of Business, Economics, Management and library and information management.
IEEE Xplore: Access to quality technical literature from IEEE journals, transactions, magazines and conference proceedings, IET journals and conference proceedings, and IEEE published standards.
Key Note gives access to over 3000 UK and European Market Intelligence Reports. New titles are added or updated every month. Our subscription also includes access to Business Ratio Reports which compare, contrast and analyse the financial performance of the leading companies in each sector.
Science Direct Freedom Collection: Leading full-text scientific database providing access to journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books, plus additional content associated with authors’ research including audio and video files, datasets and other supplementary content.
To summarise.
CS £1397 IEEE Xplore £61,000 Summon £16k
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
Lots of useful online guides eg.
How to find books
How to find information for your project
Accessing journal databases
etc
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.
Requesting MDX books: online guide at this link
This will enable you to request books for postal loan
Zetoc
BL current awareness service - provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents of around 20.000 current journals and around 16,000 conference proceedings published every year
The database covers from 1993 to the present, and is updated on a daily basis. It includes current awareness services, so that subscribers can receive notification of relevant new material either from particular journals, authors or on particular subjects (keywords)
CituLike
Headline articles from recent publications
Some journals publish an electronic table of contents for the most recent issue
Browse all the recent articles in these journals just as if they were on your bookshelf
Currently 13507 journals online
TicToc
Search for 1000s of journal table of contents (TOCs) RSSfeeds by title, subject or publisher, export citations or link to full text, and then save TOCs in your ticTOCs account
Also things like Google Alerts and Google Blog Search
How do you decide if the information is any good? Especially important with the Internet.
What do you think about this quote?
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?
Referencing and Plagiarism libguide includes information on how to reference material correctly.
Also information about Plato, LDU support and links to helpsheets.
Referencing tutorials available on request.
EIS LibGuide bring together all the resources for your subject area.
RefWorks is online software that helps you collect, store and organise the references you use in your work. It makes producing a reference list or bibliography quick and easy. It is web-based, so you can access your references from anywhere, and you will never loose them if your computer fails.
