Information Universe DIT Library Research Resources

DIT Library Clicks & bricks Borrowing Library Sites DIT Library A-Z Ask a Librarian Kevin St Library

Library 10 items 1 renewal per item90 daysLendingReference Short Loan eBooks Study Skills

Library Accounts & PIN View Renew Request Reading history Remote Access

Library Resources: E-books for Computing Library website Library catalogue »Example Art of Software Testing

E-books

Library Community Letters of Introduction? Alcid? Sconul?

Information Retrieval : Class Overview

Research Question 1.What do I need to find out? 2.Where can I find the information? 3.Is the information reliable? 4.Is the information relevant?

Research Question Where to look? Catalogues (WebOpac) Databases Subject Portals E-journals Virtual Reference Desk

Library Resources - Hardcopy DIT Library WebOPAC Other Academic libraries

Library Resources - Electronic Subject Links Evaluated Web-links Databases & E-Journals Ask a Librarian

Types of Academic Information Formal Library Catalogues Subject Portals Textbooks & Ebooks Databases Journals Theses & Projects Informal Blogs, Groupwork Wikis WebCourses Peers & tutors Focus groups

Types of Academic Information Primary Journal articles Standards Patents Reports Theses Lab results Secondary Textbooks Encyclopaedias Dictionaries Databases WWW Subject Portals

Where to Find Academic Information Subject Databases & Journals/E-Journals Articles Research Conference proceedings Standards Reports

Journals Serials, Periodicals short articles subject specific published weekly or monthly reporting on research peer reviewed hardcopy v electronic e.g. Polymer 2008 Vol 49 No 20 (Sept) p.8-44

Magazines, Trade Journals Less academic Informative Weekly Editor driven

Finding Specific Journal Titles 1.DIT Library CatalogueDIT Library Catalogue –hardcopy & e-journals. –search by Journal Title 2. DIT Library WebsiteDIT Library Website –e-journals only –search by Title or Topic

Fulltext ? DIT Databases DIT E-Journals DIT Print JournalsInter Library Loan Academic Libraries

Databases & Searching Multiple Journals

DIT Library Science Databases Why use? Scholarly Indexes 1000s key academic journals Peer reviewed Subject appropriate Updated & current Links to full text Personalisation and social networking links Current awareness services

DIT Library Computing Databases Which ones? Why Use more than one? Science Direct ACM British Standards Online Web of Science IEEE Electronic Library DIT Library databases

Library Resources – Blogs & Mailing Lists »ISWORLD »SEWORLD »DBWORLD »uk-usabibility »JISC

Library Resources: Institutional Repositories   Open Access Repository Ireland  Intute UK Research Repository  ROAR  OAIster union catalog of digital resources OAI-PMH (the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting).  National Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations (US) / /

Library Resources: Open Access  Cite Seer: Scientific Literature Digital LibraryCite Seer: Scientific Literature Digital Library  CogprintsCogprints  Computing Research Repository (CORR)Computing Research Repository (CORR)  arXiv.org : E-Print Archive (Computing)E-Print Archive (Computing)  E-Print Network (Science)E-Print Network (Science)  Caltech Collection of Open Digital Archives (CODA)Caltech Collection of Open Digital Archives (CODA)  TechXtraTechXtra

Library Resources: Subject Gateways  HEA  INFOMINE  BUBL  INTUTE

Library Resources: INTUTE 

The tutorials help answer :  What are the key websites I should be using for research in my subject field?  How do I search the Internet effectively?  What can I trust on the Internet?  How do other people use the Internet effectively to support their research?

Infomine

What about ? ‘In a 2002 survey of over two thousand US students only 9% used the library resources more than the internet’… - (O’Dochertaigh, N., Internet Research Skills Sage: 2007)

What about ? Consider the following ….

What about ?  need to focus on high quality academic sources  need for critical thinking about Google results and hits.  need to learn about the main issues and academic debate on a topic  need to identify the central arguments, historical perspective and research context.

What about ?  concern over academic quality  unreliable sources (wikis, Web 2.0)  need to evaluate information consistently

What about ?  Google Scholar Google Scholar  Develop evaluation skills

Subject Databases & Peer Reviewed Journals Evaluated Weblinks E-Prints Google Advanced Search/ Google Scholar Wikis, Web 2.0. Basic use search engines Web Resources: Academic Value