CCE4900 Jan 2018

Resources for researchhttp://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/your-study/library-and-it-support

In this workshop we will look at...

• Resources available

• Accessing and obtaining information

• Effective searching

• Evaluating information

• Referencing and managing references

Find out moreMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > My Subject > Computing, Maths and Engineering

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Resources

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossjamesparker/89414788/

The real thing

•Keywords

•Alternative words

•More specific keywords

•Related subjects

MyUniHub > MyStudy >MyLibrary

MyLibrary

Summon

MySubject

Library Catalogue

Databases

Inter Library Loans

SummonMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Summon

Abstract

Search all MDX print

and electronic

resources.

Use to find information

on a subject.

Streamlining your search

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comput*

“Project management”

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/SearchTips

Creating Harvard references

Searching Summon guide: http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Help

Saving your references

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/plagiarismreferencing/NewRW

RefWorks

Journal databasesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases > Computing, Maths and Engineering

• ACM Digital Library

• IEEE Xplore

• Science Direct

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/JournalDatabases

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

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

Web of ScienceMyUniHub > 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/Help

Google Scholarhttp://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

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Internet

Zetoc AlertsmyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases

It’s not in the Library!

• Inter Library Loans http://bit.ly/InterLibraryLoans

• Sconul Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access

Cite Them Right Online

myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases > C

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/plagiarismreferencing

Managing references: RefWorks

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/plagiarismreferencing/NewRW

MyUniHub > My Study > MyLibrary > Databases > R

Evaluating information

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?

• Authority

• Relevance

• Intent

• Objectivity

• Currency

Evaluating information

MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > L

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Lynda

MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > B

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Standards

Need further help?

Your Librarian is:

Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Help