using resources and evaluation worksheet
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Introduction to finding and evaluating resources for your
dissertationSamantha Halford
Librarian for Business & Management and Marketing & Enterprise http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/content.php?hs=a&pid=70479
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Definitions• Athens:
– the system used to give you access to high-quality online resources that we have bought for you to use.
– You can use Athens wherever you are – at home, at Uni, an internet café, etc.– Username and password is the same as for the computer network.
• Journals:
– Contain articles that discuss current research in very specific areas. Articles
have abstracts – descriptions to tell you what’s in them.– Short, academic ‘magazines’ that come out regularly.– Organised by date, volume and issue number, even when the journal is online.
• Databases:– Large collections of many journals containing many more articles. – Different databases cover different subjects. – They all work slightly differently, but all will have a search box.
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Overview of LR Web PagesLibrary Menu and Subject Guides
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Part One: Finding ResourcesBefore you start looking...
– Have a rough idea of what you’re interested in finding out.
– Write down as many keywords as you can to help you find it.
– Don’t forget to include words with similar meanings or different spellings of the same word (e.g. Is it organization or organisation?)
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Example One – Finding journal articles
• Business Source Complete – this a huge database for finding journal articles and other resources.
• To use any of the resources, you’ll need to log in through Athens – ask at the Enquiry Desk if you don’t know how.
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Business Source Complete
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• Concentrate on the search box.
Enter your keywords (for instance, ‘viral marketing’), and click on ‘Search’.
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Result page:
Look at the number of results (circled in red) to see if you need to narrow them down.
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• Narrow your results: use the menus at the side to give you a more manageable number of results:
• Clicking the ‘Full Text’ button means you’ll only see articles you can read straight away.
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When you’ve found an article you like, click on the title so see more information, or click on ‘PDF Full Text’ to read, save or print the whole article.
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Abstracts vs Full Text
• An abstract is a short description of the article, plus the details you’ll need to find it somewhere else (a citation).
• Full Text is, literally, the whole text of the article, immediately accessible.
• On most databases, you can choose to search for ‘Full Text Only’ – see the database’s help page to find out how.
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Example Two – Market Research Reports
• Key Note – industry sector reports focused on the UK. Each report has detailed references, a global view and company profiles.
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• Write your searches down as you’re going along so you remember what you’ve done. You’ll start to see new connections and get new ideas.
• Don’t read the articles as you’re going along – skim the abstracts, save them and come back to them later so you don’t lose track.
• If you see something that you don’t recognise, don’t panic: read the screen carefully and have a go at finding the answer.
Expert Tips
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Part Two: Evaluating Resources
• Evaluation is a critical thinking skill – you already know how to do it.
• The best way to get good at it is to practice – that’s what your dissertation will help you do!
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There are books to help: try...
Judith Bell, Doing your research project 4th ed., Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2005.
Classmark: 370.78 BEL or read it online via the library catalogue (http://library.mdx.ac.uk/)
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Exercise
• We’re going to be looking at some materials, and using the concepts on the next slide to evaluate how useful they are.
• There’s no set answers to the questions: these are tools to help you decide for yourself, just like in your dissertation.
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Things to consider...
• Relevance – does it help you with your topic?
• Authority – who wrote it? How do they know?
• Bias – everyone has bias. How does the author’s bias affect their work? Who did they write it for?
• Currency – is it recent? Does that matter for you?
• Availability - can you get hold of it easily?
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Discussion
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Finding more resources and help:
• Use the Subject guide for Marketing – http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/content.php?hs=a&pid=70479 (or from the library homepage).
• The Enquiry Desk in the Sheppard Library is open between 9am and 7:45pm weekdays, and 11am – 5pm on Saturdays. Or use the Web Help Desk: http://webhelpdesk.mdx.ac.uk/