london school of theology october 2013
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London School of Theologyhttp:// unihub.mdx.ac.uk / study / library
Finding research evidence
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In this workshop we will look at...• Information for your project
• Developing an effective search strategy
• Resources available and how to use them
• Evaluating information
• Keeping up-to-date
• Managing references
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Using the right information source
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Library Subject Guideshttp://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/wbl
myUniHub > My Study > My Library
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Thinking about keywords
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The real thing
•Keywords
•Alternative keywords
•More specific keywords
•Related subjects
Your project exercise
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Accessing resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library
Select Summon and try out your keywords.
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Summon 2.0 results
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Citation indexes• 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
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Web of ScienceMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W
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Keeping up-to-date with your subject
• Journal databases
• Table of Contents Alerts
• Google Alerts
• Blogs
More information in Library Subject Guides
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Is it any good?
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But is it any good?
In pairs discuss:
3 criteria for evaluating the quality of information
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• Authority : Who is the author? What is their knowledge base/qualifications? How have they carried out their research?
• Relevance : Is this what I need? Will it answer my question? Is it at the right level?
• Intent : What is the purpose of information e.g. financial gain, propaganda, academic etc?
• Objectivity : Balanced view? Opposing views represented? Links to supporting information?
• Currency: How old is this information? When was it last updated and by whom?
Evaluating information
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But it’s not in the Library!
• Inter Library Loans
• Alumni at old uni Middlesex Alumni get Udini
• More information:
http://bit.ly/visitingotherlibraries
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Referencing and PlagiarismmyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Library Subject Guides
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/plagiarismreferencing
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Managing your references• Use bibliographic management software
• RefWorks
• myUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > R
• More information http://bit.ly/RefWorkshelp
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Keeping in touch• Librarian Blog http://wbllibrarian.blogspot.co.uk/
• Librarian Twitter https://twitter.com/WBLLibrarian
• Library Facebook Middlesex University Library
• Library Twitter http://twitter.com/MDXLibrary
• MDX App http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/support/app/index.aspx
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Need further help?
Adam Edwards and Adam [email protected]
Ask a Librarian http://askalibrarian.mdx.ac.uk/