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ECS Full-text Resources for INFO 1010

ECS Full-text Resources for INFO 1010. October 2011 Fiona Nichols. I’ve been told not to use Google or Wikipedia to research my essay. What else is there?. Professor Wikipedia. Listen to the following YouTube clip? What is it telling us?. Professor Wikipedia.

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ECS Full-text Resources for INFO 1010

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  1. ECS Full-text Resources forINFO 1010 October 2011 Fiona Nichols

  2. I’ve been told not to use Google or Wikipedia to research my essay.What else is there?

  3. Professor Wikipedia • Listen to the following YouTube clip? • What is it telling us?

  4. Professor Wikipedia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaADQTeZRCY&feature=related

  5. Evaluation criteria Authority Objectivity & purpose Currency Accuracy Design When created or updated Links Right subject and level Who is the author Target audience

  6. http://www.soton.ac.uk/library/infoskills/evaluatingwebresources/index.htmhttp://www.soton.ac.uk/library/infoskills/evaluatingwebresources/index.htm

  7. Three important questions... • What information do you need? • Where should you look for it? • How can you get hold of it?

  8. What information…? • high quality • up to date • relevant

  9. Beyond reading lists Quality academic non-book information is published in:- • Journals; • Conference Proceedings, • Reports, • Newspapers, • Government Publications • Web Sites

  10. Where should you look for information? • Brigham Young Uni library's videos • http://www.youtube.com/user/hbllproduction#p/u/5/2ArIj236UHs

  11. So … try the Library Website! Go to either Subject Support or Resources

  12. What resources should we use? • Catalogues • Electronic resources • Subject support • Tutorials

  13. Journals and Periodicals

  14. Quality Sources • Full text sources • Gateways

  15. Key Full text Resources IEEEXplore ACM Digital Library LNCS lecture Notes in computer science Individual tems not linked from TDNet

  16. How to access these resources From the library home page through SUSSED or at www.soton.ac.uk/library • Electronics & Computer Sciences subject support pages • Resources page Using Institutional login or VPN when off campus

  17. Select the ‘Resources’ tab Scroll down for more ..

  18. Select the Subject Support Tab

  19. Then select the relevant links

  20. Full text key resources - Select any of these full text resources

  21. Scroll down for more ..

  22. How to search the databases • Topic search • keywords or phrases e.g. Gait Biometrics • Author/title search e.g. Prof Mark Nixon; Dr G Merrett etc • By journal/conference title

  23. Demonstrate a search • Using the ACM Digital Library • Key word = web semantics • Author = Gibbins

  24. So... • Decide on the exact form of the terms you will use • Allow for any relevant variations in terminology and spelling • Use truncation and wildcard symbols where appropriate

  25. Finding information on the web http://www.flickr.com/photos/danardvincente/2512148775/ 36

  26. Internet search engines There are some good search engines But remember that you still need to evaluate what you find

  27. Specialist search engines High quality websites Full text sources Scirus Google Scholar OAIster ArXiv

  28. these services can also be accessed from the subject pages

  29. Gateways and websites There are many high quality websites. Gateways such as Intute select and evaluate websites for you

  30. Finding the full text • Use the full-text (pdf) link or if there is a TDNet link, try it • If not search WebCat • Remember … search • Journal articles by the journal title • (use full title not abbreviations) • Conference papers by the conference title • Reports by author and title

  31. Recording your results Mark relevant references in your search results Then: • e-mail results to yourself • export to reference software e.g. LATEC, ENDNOTE • save to a file

  32. Recording references for your bibliography • Record the full details of the reference • Record how you found it

  33. If you need help……. • Fiona Nichols Tel: 023 8059 2791 (22791) e-mail: fmn@soton.ac.uklibenqs@soton.ac.uk • Subject Enquiry Desk Check Library website for service hours

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