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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
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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
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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/8/14/2019 ENT FYP level 6 - Researching Project Information 2013.pptx
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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
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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)
6
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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
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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
http://www.studynet.herts.ac.uk/go/ispyhttp://www.studynet.herts.ac.uk/go/ispyhttp://www.studynet.herts.ac.uk/ptl/common/LIS.nsf/lis/ispy8/14/2019 ENT FYP level 6 - Researching Project Information 2013.pptx
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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,
www.citethisforme.com i-Spy: Citing and Referencing
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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
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?