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Finding information for your project

Finding information for your project. Rebecca Fong Library Services Oct 2007. Content. Different information sources Advantages of Journals to support research Using databases Subject gateways External sources. The characteristics of each source/tool.

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Finding information for your project

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  1. Finding information for your project Rebecca Fong Library Services Oct 2007

  2. Content • Different information sources • Advantages of Journals to support research • Using databases • Subject gateways • External sources

  3. The characteristics of each source/tool

  4. Advantages of Journal articles to support research • Most up-to-date research will be found in journals • Researchers in the field will report their findings • Articles will be “quality checked” or “refereed” before publication (i.e. peer reviewed)

  5. Where do we go for journal articles? • Library electronic databases! • Databases keep journal articles in a structured way. • They are developed by different publishers. • You can search across different journals of the same area at the same time.

  6. Library electronic databases • They are searched by ‘keywords’ – so identify your concepts first. • All are accessible from the Library homepage under your subject portal (i.e. Computing) • Or look underDatabases A-Z

  7. Examples of keywords: • automated software testing • Mobile commerce AND interface • Data mining AND privacy • Virtual classroom • Decision support system AND finance

  8. Think of different keywords to maximise your results • Use alternative words / synonyms • virtual classroom or online learning ? or e-learning ? or web based learning? • E-commerce or e-business ?

  9. Some useful databases in Computing/BIT

  10. Database : Business Source Premier • Good for BIT • Cross discipline (Business, technology, IT) • Full text available for titles we currently subscribe to.

  11. Database: ACM Digital Library • By Association of Computing Machinery • Good for Computing discipline • Some are in full text, some are in abstracts.

  12. Database: Scopus • Subject focus: science, technology, medical and social science • An index and abstracting database – full text will only be given when LSBU subscribes to it. • Cross search the web engine Scirus

  13. Database: Safari e-books • Over 100+ e-books on computing / BIT areas. • Students can read them online, not downloadable. • Click on Library to get the whole list.

  14. Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com) • Focus on scholarly journals only • Results are more focused – better at scientific and technological literature, less on social sciences • Some contents are free. Some are subscription based. Check on the library catalogue to see if we have full content.

  15. Subject gateway What is it? • A collection of selected high quality web resources on a subject area • Some are free resources but some may lead to paid subscriptions Why use it? • Search results are more meaningful than search engines. Quality and not quantity.

  16. Example of a Subject gateway: • Intute • Go to Library homepage > Search • Direct link: www.intute.ac.uk • Some links to full text e-journals, some not. • Example: • biometrics

  17. External resources • Sconul Access Scheme • British Library • Interlibrary loan service – for final year and PG students • M25 Consortium – a consortium of Uni’s library catalogues within M25 areas • Link: Library homepage > Services for students > Access to other libraries

  18. Further help with searching? • Rebecca Fong • Email: fongr@lsbu.ac.uk • Tel: 020 7815 6643 • Library Information Desk • Email: library@lsbu.ac.uk • Tel: 020 7815 6607

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