Getting curious:Finding information for your projectshttp://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/your-study/library-and-it-support

CSD2600 Nov 2016

In this workshop we will look at..

•Being curious

•Keywords

•Search tips

•Resources

Marking criteriaCoursework 2: Journal paper on concurrency and Dropbox

• Abstract 10

• Problem description (context, concepts etc) 30

• Solution 30

• Evaluation (test and result analysis) 10

• Language (quality of English, phrasing, description) 10

• Exposition quality (clear structure, layout, references) 10

Total 100

Why research?

project AND management (narrow search)

USA OR America (broaden search)

comput* (broaden search eg. Computer, computers, computerisation, computation)

“human computer interaction” (phrase search)

+Ideo or “IDEO” (exact match)

Define: “data mining” (definition)

-Amazon (exclude words)

Cork NOT Ireland (exclude words)

Smarter searchingThe following search tips can all be used when searching the Internet to make your search results more specific:

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/SearchTips

More to life than Google

• Explore the resource

• Prepare a short presentation

• Include:• What is it?• Useful/interesting features• Limitations• How you could use this resource in your

studies

Find out moreMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > MySubject Library Guides >

Computing, Maths and Engineering

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Resources

Get online help using resourcesMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > MySubject Library Guides >

Computing, Maths and Engineering

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/computing/Help

Evaluating information

Currency• How old• Last updated• What

Authority• Author• Qualifications• Verifiable

Need further help?

Your Librarian is:Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk