Getting curious:Finding information for your projects

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CCE2060 October 2014

In this workshop we will look at..

•Being curious

•Keywords

•Search tips

•Resources

Why research?

project AND management (narrow search)

USA OR America (broaden search)

comput* (broaden search eg. Computer, computers, computerisation, computation)

“human computer interaction” (phrase search)

+Ideo or “IDEO” (exact match)

Define: “data mining” (definition)

-Amazon (exclude words)

Cork NOT Ireland (exclude words)

Find more relevant information

Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_miley/2614472057/

The following search tips can all be used when searching the Internet to make your search results more specific:

More to life than Google• Explore the resources you have been given

• Choose your favourite

• Prepare a short presentation

• Include:

• What is it?• Useful/interesting features• How you could use this resource in your

studies

Find out moreMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides

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

Get online help using resourcesMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides > Computing

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

Evaluating information

Currency

• How old• Last updated• What

Authority

• Author• Qualifications• Verifiable

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