CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Digital Media Design Music and Performance Technology Jim Buckley Directed Study (CS4042 – CS4032)

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Context Lecture 1 (in lab and HSG-37): –Seeing the importance we place on ‘why’, and thus research: Find relevant material; Understanding this material as a whole; Being able to reason about it; Being able to present on it; Lecture 2: –How to find different information sources in our library; Books, journals, conferences; –How to rate them; –How to determine how established they are;

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study How do we find articles based on the original articles we find 28/01/2009

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Practical Next Week Searching the Library: –Finding Books; –Finding Journal articles (by keywords); –Using the abstracts in Journal Articles; –If its interesting: Following the (Expert) Author trial Following the reference trial; Finding papers that reference that paper;

CS4042 / CS4032 – Directed Study 28/01/2009 Project Deliverables for Next week (5%) At week-4 stage, you should: –Register your team and have a (slightly) provisional topic; –Have one relevant article / chapter / book; –Have a summary of that resource; For next week: –Be identifying sub-topics; –Have identified 1 article for each member of the team that maps to these provisional sub-topics; –Each member should be able to summarize their individual article; Remember: –You are not the finished product – We’re expecting good attempts only; –The marking of your progress will reflect this;