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How to find, read, write about and reference research papers?

How to find, read, write about and reference research papers?. Find papers. Where to look? Conferences Journals Online: people, labs References in papers read Conference organizers , journal editors E.g. Pervasive committees Conference website links, e.g.:

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How to find, read, write about and reference research papers?

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  1. How to find, read, write about and reference research papers?

  2. Find papers • Where to look? • Conferences • Journals • Online: people, labs • References in papers read • Conference organizers, journal editors • E.g. Pervasive committees • Conference website links, e.g.: • Links to previous conferences: Ubicomp • Proceedings online: Automotive UI • Your advisor’s and collaborators’ suggestions

  3. Find papers • IEEE Xplore • ACM Digital Library • Others on UNH Library website (print & electronic) • People’s websites (my list)

  4. Find papers • Where not to look (with few exceptions)? • Sales brochures • Company white papers • Online tutorials • News • Blogs

  5. Find papers • So, what are some of those exceptions? • Company white paper: • You trust the company • White paper free of advertisement • News story, blog post: initial lead, not final reference: • My post on ETRA 2010 paper • Albrecht Schmidt post on energy harvesting • Videos that make you think:

  6. Videos that make you think

  7. Next: • http://johnnylee.net/

  8. Read • Take notes: • On paper (print out paper?) • In electronic form (e.g. Word document) – eventually you’ll need this! • Reference Manager?

  9. Read: how many? • Signs that you have a good overview: • See references to papers you’ve read • You expect, and find, a reference in a sentence/section • Recurring references over multiple papers • References cover decades • References up to date (including very recent conference papers)

  10. Write about • What matters? • What has been done? • Similarities • Dissimilarities

  11. Write about • What has been done? • “I’m not working on something that’s already been done.” • “I am building on other’s work.”

  12. Write about • Similarities, e.g.: • “At least parts of my work fit into what we all accept as be correct.” • Approach • Results

  13. Write about • Dissimilarities, e.g.: • “I have a contribution to make.” • Results • Explanations

  14. Reference • What matters? • Author(s): • Helps identify relationships between papers • Helps evaluate quality (e.g. use h-score) • Title: • Topic relevance • Publication: • Helps evaluate quality (e.g. use h-score, impact factor) • Year • Relevance • Coverage

  15. Reference • Format: • Strictly prescribed by publication • Often downloadable from database (e.g. IEEE) • Reference Manager, MS Word 2007

  16. Reference • Website: • Eaton, K. Navigon’s 8100T GPS Has 3D Terrain-View Maps. http://gizmodo.com/5081866/navigons-8100t-gps-has-3d-terrain+view-maps. Nov. 10, 2008. Retrieved 5/30/2009.

  17. Reference • Technical report: • Kun, A.L., Paek, T., Medenica, Z., Oppelaar, J.E., Palinko, O. The Effects of In-Car Navigation Aids on Driving Performance and Visual Attention. Technical Report ECE.P54.2009.3, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of New Hampshire, 2009.

  18. Reference • Conference paper • Porathe, T., Prison, J. Design of Human-Map System Interaction. CHI, 2008.

  19. Reference • Journal paper: • Strayer, D. and Johnston, W. Driven to Distraction: Dual-Task Studies of Simulated Driving and Conversing on a Cellular Telephone. Psych. Science, 12(5), 462-466, 2002.

  20. Reference • Book: • Tavel, P. 2007 Modeling and Simulation Design. AK Peters Ltd.

  21. Hirsch’s h-score http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:H-index-en.svg

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