ENT FYP level 6 - Researching Project Information 2013.pptx

8/14/2019 ENT FYP level 6 - Researching Project Information 2013.pptx

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Research your Engineering & Technology

Final Year Project

Helen Singer Information Manager


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Why is this important?

Research process

Where to search

How to search

Critical Thinking

Report Writing

Referencing


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Average total book and electronic resources usage and final degreegrade (all 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 graduates)Goodall and Pattern(2011)

Correlation between use of books and electronic

resources and degree classification.

Learning and Research Skills =

UH Graduate Attribute


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Why is this important for my project? 1

Module Aims

carry out critical review of a subject area

Learning Outcomes

Describe.material researched independently in support of project

recognise how to use and identify material quoted from other sources

Stages

Feasibility Study must contain outline of work stages eg Literature

Search Interim Progress check You MUST bring along .a draft review of the

relevant literature


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Why is this important for my project? 2

Learning Resources You must do a literature search by computer and save the results

and show them to your project supervisor before the interim

progress check. Your literature search will be assessed.

Although general purpose Internet search engines such as Google

can be useful they are no substitute for a proper academic literaturesearch.

Report Format

Subject Review a review of the history and background plus the

present state of knowledge of the subject area of the project work References Information obtained from books or journals must be

referred to in the text.


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Why is this important for my project?3

Project Report Assessment 20% of marks!

Ability to make critical use of source materials

Is the literature referenced relevant to the project? Is the literaturereview just descriptive?

Are the references to the literature sufficient?

Is due credit given for other peoples ideas and techniques used by the

student?

Is evidence displayed of the ability to identify key items in theliterature and to compare and review them?


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A Graduates Knowledge Base

- in the context of your Subject

Communication:Colleagues, Professionalorganizations and

National/Internationalsources

Technical: Textbooks,

Design guides, Data,Reference and

Handbooks

Compliance:Standards, Patents

and Legislation

Updating: Journals, ConferenceProceedings, Research, Reviews, and

Reports

Commercial: Suppliers,

Products, Markets,Sectors, Costs, Prices,Companies


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The Scholarly Publication Cycle

http://www2.library.carleton.ca/subjects/pubcycle.html#enc

NewestOldest
http://www2.library.carleton.ca/subjects/pubcycle.htmlhttp://www2.library.carleton.ca/subjects/pubcycle.html


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Searching is an iterative process

Identify kind of information needed

Identify best sources & search words

Search chosen sources

Evaluate results

Record useful results in bibliography

Until ... you find all the Information you need

Do ...

See the i-Spy tutorial Systematic Searching
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Start with the KnowHow Guide
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Where to search?

Your Online Library

1. Research papers and articles

published worldwide

2. academic print and fulltextebooks at UH

3. Specialist information

sources for your Topic


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Your Online Library1.To search for journal

articlesClickjournal article and enter

your search terms

2.To find a specific book:

Click bookto search thelibrary catalogue

3.For specialist collections

see Recommended Search

Sources or the EngineeringToolkit

For help using ebooks see

How can I use ebooks effectively?
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Each Toolkithas information about finding and using

specialist databases, print and ebooks and online journals, i-skills tutorials, referencing guidelines and more...

Engineering Toolkit
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Commercial info on the Business Toolkit

is comprehensive and recommended
http://www.studynet.herts.ac.uk/ptl/common/LIS.nsf/lis/business?OpenDocument&Loginhttp://search.ebscohost.com/http://www.studynet.herts.ac.uk/ptl/common/LIS.nsf/lis/business?OpenDocument&Login


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From one place you can search across many disciplines and sources:

articles, theses, books, and abstracts, from academic publishers,

professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.

Use Google Scholar to find relevant work

across the world of scholarly research

Use the Secure Access Service

https://uhvpn.herts.ac.uk
http://scholar.google.com/https://uhvpn.herts.ac.uk/https://uhvpn.herts.ac.uk/http://scholar.google.com/


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Prefer the Scholar Advanced Search

1. Construct your search

- then limit the

results by:

2. where the search

words appear

3. Author

4. Journal title

5. published date range

1

2

3

4

5
http://scholar.google.co.uk/http://scholar.google.co.uk/


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Link direct to

complete articles if

the University

subscribes or theyre

freely available

The most relevant

results appear on the

first page.


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Interpreting Google Scholar results

1

2

3

4

5

1. Article Title- links direct to complete article if available, otherwise to an abstract

2. Cited By- other papers published later which refer to this one

3. Full text @ UHyou need the VPN on if not on campus to link to full text if available

4. Filter by date or change the date range

5. Create email alert - to receive updates on your search

6. Settingseg export to bibilographic software (other applications allow you to export

references too, eg Word, IEEE, easybib)

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Online links to ebooks

Electronic link to book or resource

Note: switch on Athens first


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Making a British Library Request

When a publication you need is not available at UH

Help: Finding books and journals: What do I do if you

don't have the book or journal that I need?

Needs full bibliographical reference details
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Google Search Features

Filetypes

[search term(s) filetype:extension]

pdf, xls, xlsx, swf, ppt, pptx

Use to search for published reports, data

spreadsheets, Flash animations, presentations and

more

Sites

[search term(s) site:website/sampledomain.com]

[site:.ac.uk OR site:.edu] [site:gov.uk]

[site:bbc.co.uk]Use to search University, Government or Organisation

websites

ImagesGoogle Images

add words like 'pics' or 'pictures' to a Google search

Calculator and

Unit Conversion

and Currency

Conversion

5+2*2 2^20

half a mile in kilometres

160 pounds*4000 feet in Calories

160 USD in GBP

Dictionary

Definitions

[define:search term(s) or phrase]

define:RSS
http://www.google.co.uk/help/features.htmlhttp://www.google.co.uk/imghphttp://www.google.com/search?&q=5+2*2http://www.google.com/search?q=2^20http://www.google.com/search?q=half+a+mile+in+kilometreshttp://www.google.com/search?q=160+pounds+*+4000+feet+in+Calorieshttp://www.google.co.uk/search?q=160+USD+in+GBPhttp://www.google.com/search?q=define:rsshttp://www.google.com/search?q=define:rsshttp://www.google.co.uk/search?q=160+USD+in+GBPhttp://www.google.com/search?q=160+pounds+*+4000+feet+in+Calorieshttp://www.google.com/search?q=half+a+mile+in+kilometreshttp://www.google.com/search?q=2^20http://www.google.com/search?&q=5+2*2http://www.google.co.uk/imghphttp://www.google.co.uk/help/features.html


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What is the authority of the

author, organisation andpublisher?

What is the coverage, location,

or intellectual level?

Who is the intended audience?

Is there any bias?

Is the content time-sensitive?

Is it out of date?

WHAT

WHYWHEN

WHO

EVALUATE

Evaluate results - especially the Internet

More help from i-Spy
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Help with Report Writing

www.studynet.herts.ac.uk/go/ispy
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Citing(citation)

Referencing(reference)

Citing is a standardised method of acknowledging a

another persons work from a source.

Referencing shows understanding of plagiarism and

copyright law

2 styles: Author/Date (Harvard) or Numeric (Vancouver)


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Reference your sourcesby recording the bibliographic details from any of :

the reverse of the inside title page of a physical

published book;

the footer of published scholarly articles andpapers;

Google Scholar and Google Book results;

Voyager book records;

British Library Catalogue book records;


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Referencing Books

Bibliographic data elements include:

Author(s). Book title (italicised).Edition. Place of

Publication: Publisher, Publication year, page(s).

Like this ...

Drew, Sue. and Bingham, Rosie. The student skillsguide. 2nd ed. Aldershot: Gower, 2011, 100-102.


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Referencing Journals

Bibliographic data elements include:

Author(s). Article title.Journal title (italicised).

Publication date, volume(part), page(s).Like this ...

Siau, K.; Nah, F.F.-H. Guest Editorial Mobile

Technology in Education. IEEE Transactions onEducation. May 2011, 49(2), 181.


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Referencing Internet sourcesAuthor Creation date

Title of page Title of complete work

Date last updated URL in brackets

Date of access

Like this ...

Words Without Borders: The online magazine for

international literature. PEN American Center, 2005

[viewed 12 July 2012]. Available from:

http://www.wordswithoutborders.org

i-Spy: Citing and Referencing
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Referencing Internet sourcesAuthor Creation date

Title of page Title of complete work

Date last updated URL in brackets

Date of access

Like this ...Words Without Borders: The online magazine for

international literature. PEN American Center, 2005

[viewed 12 July 2012]. Available from:

http://www.wordswithoutborders.org

i-Spy: Citing and Referencing
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Referencing Styles:

Vancouver (Numeric)Numbereach quote or paraphrase in sequence in the report:

Nicholson (1 p.531) argues that: quote . Someresearch (2, 3) found that your statement or quotation

End your report with a Numberedreference list / bibliography ofyour sources:

1. Nicholson, W. Title..edition. Place: Publisher 2010, 531.

2. Frank, R.H. Article title,Journal title..2008, volume(part).

3. Barro, R.J. Title..edition. Place: Publisher, 2009.


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Referencing Styles:

Harvard (Author-Date)Give theAuthor: Publication Year, and sometimes the Page(s)or

Chapter(s)for each quote or paraphrase:

Nicholson (2010: 531) argues that: quote . Someresearch (Frank 2008; Barro 2009) found that your statementor quotation

End your report with anAlphabeticalreference list / bibliographyof your sources:

Barro, R.J. (2009) Title..edition. Place: Publisher

Frank, R.H. (2008) Article title,Journal title..vol(part)

Nicholson, W. (2010) Title..edition. Place: Publisher, p 531


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Referencing Help

Under Help & Support In Subject Toolkit

From Online Library and in

module

See Reference management

section, eg Word,

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Store it or lose it!

Organise what you find Use online data storage for easy access from anywhere
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Help !

1. Know-How Guide: an introduction to learningresources

2. Helpand Helpdeskor E: [email protected] T : 01707 28(4678)

3. i-Spy online i-skills tutorials

4. Online Help of any service or resource

5. Specialist advice : mailto:[email protected]
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Information Manager

Helen Singer

[email protected]

Tuesday, Wednesday,

& Friday morning

Tuesday morning C254

Tuesday afternoon D153

College Lane LRC 2J134F

Specialist advice


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What next?

Timetabled hands-on workshops for you by

cohort

A colleague and I will be on hand to give you

expert advice on conducting a literature search

for your topic

Johann will tell you which workshop to attend


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Any questions?

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