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Researching for your project
MathematicsLevel 6
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Databases Technical reports Wikis Past projects
Repositories Conference papers Standards Market
reports
Statistics Government papers Books Websites
Radio and Television Patents Newspapers Journals
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Accessing individual databases from iCat
1. Sign in to access
electronic resources2. Select link to
database list
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Database list
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Before you start searching: develop a search strategy
Split topic into major areas
Choose keywords from your project title
Think about alternative words
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Examples of alternative terms:
Synonym car insurance
motor insurance
Narrower car BMW
Broader car vehicle
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Wildcards and Phrases Date
Regional differences
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Boolean operators
AND Both terms need to be
presentNarrower search Fewer results
OR Either term needs to be
presentBroader search More results
NOT Used to exclude a subset you don’t want
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Some relevant maths databases
ACM digital library
IEEE Xplore
Scopus
Web of Knowledge
Science Direct
…Business databases
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What to do if Kingston doesn’t have what you need
• If Kingston does not have a paper copy or a full text electronic version you may need to try other sources
• For example– Interloans– Other libraries
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Interloans
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• If you have forgotten to sign in this screen won’t appear – but you will get a reminder about signing in.
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Access to other useful libraries• Sconul Access
– Gives access for students to most Higher Ed Libraries– Check the website http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/ for details of participating
libraries – Apply online for reference access
• British Library Reading Rooms (Central London)– Check what is available locally first– Check the British Library catalogue: www.bl.uk– Check the BL Website to find out what you need to take with you
• Specialist libraries– Many professional organisations or charities have their own specialist libraries– Some will allow access – you need to check and there may be a charge
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Searching the internet…..
and……..evaluating your
internet searches
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Why can’t I just use an internet search engine?
It is not wrong to use the internet, but……
………It is important to evaluate very carefully what you use
• You could use Google Scholar instead of Google
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SOURCE FUNCTION
CONTENT - Scope & quality
PRESENTATION and ACCURACY
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SOURCE
• Is there a named author? • Reputation of author – qualifications, other
work, organisational affiliation• Who “hosts” the web pages? Look at the
domain name in url
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FUNCTION
• What is the purpose of the website?• Look for evidence of bias
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CONTENT - Scope & quality
• Does the intellectual content match what is required by degree level students?
• Intended audience – academic or populist? • Is it country specific?
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PRESENTATION and ACCURACY
• Are there spelling mistakes or grammatical errors?
• Is the text referenced properly?
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Citation and referencing
• You should cite all the sources you use• You should list full details of everything you
have cited• Follow the guide to Harvard in Cite them Right• Link to this from MyKingston > Library >
Referencing
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Keep a note of …….
……. all of the items you have used.
You can keep a manual recordRecord cardsNotebook
You can keep an electronic copyWord
Excel
Images from Microsoft Clip-art 2012
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Refworks
• Refworks is one way of managing your references
• Available from the database list on iCat• You can store references• You can produce a list of references• You can cite from within Word