School of ITEE 4 th year thesis/project

1. School of ITEE 4th year thesis/project • Library research • workshop

2. Objectives • Find relevant literature for your annotated bibliography/literature review. • These resources will inform your report. • Cite these sources accurately throughout your report using the IEEE citation style. • You will include the sources in your bibliography. • Consult your ECP and ITEE website for full details.

3. Session content • Getting started: • Library guides • Literature searching using: • UQL Search • Databases – IEEE, Scopus, Google Scholar … • Referencing: • IEEE referencing style guide • Using EndNote to create a bibliography (brief overview)

4. Literature review / Annotated bibliography ? • A literature review provides an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. It is presented as an argument. • An annotated bibliography provides: • A list of references presenting a brief summary of the main arguments or idea of each source. • A critique or evaluation of the source’s usefulness, reliability, objectivity or bias. • A reflection on how the source fits into your research Both provide a critical review of the literature http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/thesis

5. The Research Process

6. Start with a research plan • Brainstorm your topic • background reading • familiarise yourself with the topic • Make a list of keywords / synonyms (related terms) • Consider what kind of information you need • Books, handbooks, encyclopedias (background information) • Journal articles/conference papers/websites • Standards, patents, datasets

7. Subject guides • Relevant subject guides: • Computer science • Electrical engineering • https://web.library.uq.edu.au/research-tools-techniques/research-subject • ITEE thesis coursework guide for links to reference books, databases, websites and more. http://guides.library.uq.edu.au/iteeprojects

8. Information sources and search tools • UQ Library Search for books, ebooks, articles, theses • Databases for specialised research information, including standards and patents • Google, Google Advanced and Google Scholar (for websites – remember - evaluate your results)

9. Some relevant databases ebooks IEEE Wiley ebooks Articles/conference papers Scopus IEEE Xplore ACM Digital Library Google Scholar Standards and Patents SAI Global/BSOL; Derwent innovations index Laboratory manuals, current protocols Wiley Current protocols • Access vialibrary guide

10. Search strategies - using and linking keywords • “power systems” AND “wind power” AND (reserve OR capacity) AND focuses the search = fewer results but more relevant OR broadens the search = more results. Use with synonyms • Parentheses (brackets) –use when grouping keywords joined with OR • Phrase searching – use quotation marks around two or more words to search for exact match • Asterisk (*) – use to truncate a word. Eg. network*=network, networks, networking

11. UQL Search for a book on: “data visualization” AND “interactive data exploration” Limit to most recent publications Adjust your search to broaden it: data visualization platforms AND ("interactive data exploration" OR IDE) data visuali* platforms AND ("interactive data exploration" OR IDE) Adjust your search to narrow it: "data visualization" platforms AND "interactive data exploration“ IEEE Explore – "millimetre wave" AND "skin cancer" (few results then broaden your search) eg. microwave AND “skin cancer” , “millimetre wave” AND cancer ACM – “natural language processing” Scopus search – mobile robots Scopus author search – Search for Alex Pudmenzky. Look at their citations. Google Scholar “wave runup” laser Advanced Google show how to limit to domain search or search for document type – pdf. Example searches

12. Refine search results by: • Peer reviewed • Book, journal article or other content • Date of Publication

13. Scopus

14. A journal article record in Scopus provides a wealth of information to further your research: • Read abstract to determine relevance and scope of article • See keywords for additional searches • View later research that has cited that article • View references and other articles related by topic

16. Referencing Correct and consistent use of a standard referencing convention is essential in producing a report, thesis or paper. • Referencing helps to avoid plagiarism and enables readers to locate the references you have used. • Referencing consists of: -in-text referencing within the body of your report -reference list at the end of report • Which referencing style? • IEEE numbered style, or check with your supervisor.http://www.ieee.org/documents/style_manual.pdf NB also cite accurately in your annotated bibliography. • Use EndNote (or other referencing management software) to help with referencing.

17. Referencing software- EndNotehttps://www.library.uq.edu.au/research-support/endnote • UQL Search • Scopus • Google Scholar • direct export • SaveReferences • Cite References • EndNoteLibrary • Word document • Websites • manual entry • Create bibliography • Bibliography using the IEEE numbered style Note:Make a copy of your document and ‘Convert to Plain text’ before submitting to Turnitin

18. Lynda.com • Lynda.com – software and skills training. Includes tutorials on using software applications, video, statistics etc. • https://web.library.uq.edu.au/library-services/training/lyndacom-online-courses • Go to www.lynda.com • Click Log in • Select Organization Login • Type www.uq.edu.au in organisation box • Click Go

19. UQL Search for a book on: “data visualization” AND “interactive data exploration” Limit to most recent publications Adjust your search to broaden it: data visualization platforms AND ("interactive data exploration" OR IDE) data visuali* platforms AND ("interactive data exploration" OR IDE) Adjust your search to narrow it: "data visualization" platforms AND "interactive data exploration“ IEEE Explore – "millimetre wave" AND "skin cancer" (few results then broaden your search) eg. microwave AND “skin cancer” , “millimetre wave” AND cancer ACM – “natural language processing” Scopus search – mobile robots Scopus author search – Search for Alex Pudmenzky. Look at their citations. Google Scholar “wave runup” laser Advanced Google show how to limit to domain search or search for document type – pdf. Example searches

20. Exercises • Look at the Library guides page http://guides.library.uq.edu.au/ • Locate a book orebookof interest in UQ Library Search • Find 3 recent journal articles/conferences paper in your topic area in SCOPUS. • Find a relevant article in Google Scholar • Access Lynda.com (via Library site)

21. Useful links • ITEE thesis coursework guide http://guides.library.uq.edu.au/iteeprojects • Subject guides: http://guides.library.uq.edu.au/ • IEEE Referencing style guide: https://www.library.uq.edu.au/research-tools-techniques/referencing-style-guides#ieee • School of ITEE resources: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/thesis • EndNotehttps://web.library.uq.edu.au/research-tools-techniques/referencing/referencing-software/endnote • Library training: classes and online https://web.library.uq.edu.au/library-services/training • Your librarian: Adriana De Michiel: (a.demichiel@library.uq.edu.au)