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Finding research evidence
http:// unihub.mdx.ac.uk / study / library
BIS4430 Jan 2014
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
Thinking about resources
Find out moreMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EIS
Thinking about keywords
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossjamesparker/89414788/
Finding resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Summon
Select Summon and search for information for your project
Refining your search
Journal DatabasesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases
Choose subjects for a list of relevant journal databases
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 KnowledgeMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W > Web of Knowledge > Web of Science
Get online help using resourcesMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides > Computing
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EIS
It’s not in the Library!• Inter Library Loans http://bit.ly/InterLibraryLoans
• Sconul Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access
• Other libraries http://bit.ly/visitingotherlibraries
But is it any good?
Evaluating information
Imagine you are writing an essay on ‘Network Security’.
Have a look at the 4 items that you have been given and consider the following:
• Which items are the most relevant to your essay?
• Which items would be no use?
• Which item has the most academic authority?
• Which items might have bias?
• Which item is the most current?
• Authority
• Relevance
• Intent
• Objectivity
• Currency
Evaluating information
Keeping up-to-date
http://bit.ly/CSkeepingcurrent
Referencing http://bit.ly/CSrefandcite
RefWorks http://bit.ly/RefWorkshelp
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EIS
Keeping in touch
• Librarian Blog http://satlibrarian.blogspot.com
• Librarian Twitter http://twitter.com/SATlibrarian
• Library Facebook Middlesex University Library
• Library Twitter http://twitter.com/MDXLibrary
Need further help?
Your Librarian is:
Vanessa Hill [email protected]
http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/support/unihelp/