Information retrieval and citing your sources Be501 org312 vår 2015 eng

GETTING STARTED WITH RESEARCH FOR YOUR THESIS

Finding, evaluating and citing sources

BE501/BE508 Updated january 2017

Henry Langseth, MBS

Agder University library

Universitetsbiblioteket i Agder 2

• Where and how to search for literature and information

• How to assess the quality of different sources

• How to cite your sources correctly in your thesis

After this course you should know*

*hvis du holder deg våken da


• Searching for information – where to start?

• Search strategies

• Searching for• Books, reference work, reports..

• Important databases

• Academic articles

• Source critisicm

• Citing correctly

Plan for this course


All databases or resources mentioned in this course can be found on the library subject guides for economics/økonomi

Why library subject guides is useful•Overview of resources relevant to your discipline•Carefully selected – high quality•Excellent starting point•Contact details


CASE

”Family business and planning for next generations”

” The Great Wave off Kanagawa” av Hokusai, 1832

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a) Where to start?

Put your topic into context



PREPARE YOUR SEARCH – break it down, make a plan

”Family businesses and planning for next generation”

Nøkkelord på norsk

Synonymer på norsk

Keywords in english

Synonymes in english

Familiebedrifter

Generasjonsskifte

-firma-foretak-selskap

EierskapEierstruktureierstyringArv

Family business

GenerationsOwnershipStructureBoard

enterprisefirmsCompany

Successioninheritance


What type of information do I need?

definitions

background development

cases theories financial statementsImportant concepts terms

methodology


What type of documents should I look for?

Journal articles

books reference works

Statistics financial statements

country information thesis news archives


Searching strategies

•OG/AND Students AND alcohol

•ELLER/OR alcohol OR intoxicant

•IKKE/NOT intoxicant NOT drugs

Exercise #1: Explore your topic


Use the handout to break down your topic and make a plan for what you will look for in the databases


Now you should have

• Literature you already have

• Detailed description of what you need

• What type of literature and information you need


Searching strategies - truncation

• Truncation Asteriks * When added to the root of the word, it replaces various endings

For example: search for strategy, then strateg*Resultat:

Praesent sagittis strategystrategy imperdiet mi nec sagittis. Phasellus nec dui eget turpis tristique dictum. Quisque tincidunt sapien strategystrategy eu elit malesuada, ut elementum lorem mattis. Donec felis orci, commodo eu sagittis vel, laoreet et nunc. Aliquam vehicula odio strategic planstrategic plan in purus rhoncus semper. Integer sed bibendum ex, eget mollis risus. Praesent eget condimentum magna. aliquam enim urna, strategist strategist gravida a lacinia sed, sodales sed neque. Fusce ut elit nec lorem pharetra rutrum. Nullam neque mi, pharetra id aliquet nec, tincidunt id sem. Pellentesque ut mattis dolor. Aenean quis nisi vel augue vestibulum luctus vel id enim.


What is searchable in the documents?

Publication type

author keywords

ISBN publisher year geography editiongeography edition

summary title people full text

classification

All the library in one search



65 % of business students at UiA master level use Google or Google Scholar when searching for academic literature

Source: Library survey UiA 2016

So why Oria?


• Let you search among books, journal articles, reference work, encyclopedia in print and electronic

• Include this and all norwegian academic libraries

• Links to full text within our subscription databases

• Request or make reservations• My account – overview and renew• Excellent starting point!

Exercise #2: Search Oria

• Search for books on family business

• Search for books on «family business» and succesion

Expand the search above to All libraries– what happens?

Limit your search to e-books on family businesses


DEWEY SYSTEM

• 300 Social sciences

• 330 Economics

• 338 Production

• 338.2 Extraction of minerals

• 338.2728 Oil



Rules and regulations

• Loan period 60 days, but..• Recalled after minimium 7 days if

wating list

• Use my account in Oria to renew documents

• NOK 600 replacement fee if you fail to return


EIU – Economist Intelligence Unit

• 187 countries

• Political, social and economics analysis


Statistics Norway

• Publish articles weekly

• Theme pages

• Make your own tables

• Historical statistics

• Links to international statistical resources


EIKON (Thomson Reuters)•Financial information by market and industry

•Replaces Datastream

•Tailored course on the 8th february 2017


World Competitiveness ONLINE

•Competitiveness of nation states

•Rankings

•Make your own tables

•From 1989 and onward

•Freely availably for students

News archive - A-tekst fra Retriever

• Norske aviser

• Nasjonale, regionale og lokale

• Fullteksk (web/pdf)

• Noen ukeaviser og magasiner

• Obs - beholdning varierer mellom kildene


Pressreader.com

• Available within UiA network

• 6000 publications

• 50% internatilnal newspapers



Proff Forvalt – Financial statements (Norway)

Norske bedrifter

•Firmainformasjon

•Regnskapsinformasjon

•Regnskapsanalyse

•Årsregnskap med noter

•Logg inn med din e-post


Dictionary of Economics

•1500 academic articles

•High quality

•Gives an overview

•List of references


Different types of journals


Exercise: Go to browzine.com and find journal relevant to your topic


Content of scolarly journals

• Summary/keywords/authors

• Background

• Purpose

• Methodology

• Results

• Discussion/conclusion

• References


Be critical when you evaluate your potential sources

• Is the article outdated? When was it first published?

• Is it relevant to my topic?

• How much literature do I actually need?

• Is it highly cited?

Read more on this on e.g. the Citation Compass: http://kildekompasset.no/source-evaluation.aspx

or Søk og Skriv: http://sokogskriv.no/en/sources-and-references/source-evaluation/qualitative-evaluation/


Resources that helps you with source critisicm

kildkompasset.no

sokogskriv.no

ntnu.no/viko/


WHEN TYPING UP YOUR THESIS

• How to reference your sources in the text

• How to list your sources in a reference list


Direct quotation

Students do not always see the importance of citing all sources in written work. ”Serious academic literature authors use sources, and they cite the sources they use" (Spangen, 2007, p. 9). This is just as important when writing a semester assignment as when writing a scientific dissertation.


Indirect quotation

is a reproduction of the meaning of an expression or a section from a source formulated in your own words.

This way, you achieve better flow in your text


Indirect quotation - example

Students do not always see the importance of citing all sources in written work. All of the sources you use in written work must be provided if you are to be perceived of as a serious academic author (Spangen, 2007). This is just as important when writing a semester assignment as when writing a scientific dissertation.

Check with supervisor if they require page numbers for indirect quations. It varies.


Résumé (summary)

• A short summary from a source or a section which you write in your own words.

• Provides a more comprehensive reproduction

• The summary should only contain the main elements.


Reference list

• Complete list of all references used

• Usually alfabethical by authors last name

• Important to get this right

• Choose one style – and stick with it!


Listing your references

book with one author can, for example, be listed like this (APA 6th):

Template:

Last name, First initial. (Year). Title of the book in italics (Edition – if available). Place of publication: Publisher.

Example:

Fitzgerald, F. S. (1926). The Great Gatsby. London: Chatto & Windus.

kildekompasset.no/english


uia.no/citingsources

Must be read by everyone!



Connect to UiA via Cisco VPN and get what you need 24/7 from anywhere


MANAGING YOUR REFERENCES

• Endnote

• Save, import and organize your references

• www.myendnoteweb.com

• Software available from jukebox/fronter (PC) or IT-help Click IT (Mac)


Good luck!

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