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Finding scholarly resources for the thesis

Finding scholarly resources for the thesis. MSc in Information Systems. 25+1 slides about . School of Economics and Management Library Subject Guide: Information Systems Information sources Scholarly publishing Search tools for articles and books

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Finding scholarly resources for the thesis

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  1. Findingscholarly resources for the thesis MSc in Information Systems

  2. 25+1 slides about • School of Economics and Management Library • Subject Guide: Information Systems • Information sources • Scholarly publishing • Search tools for articles and books • Research at the DepartmentofInformatics

  3. School of Economics and Management Library http://www.lusem.lu.se/library

  4. Our Book Collections • Circulation desk opens at 10 am. Don’t forget your library card! • Course books and books on methodology in the basement • Collect yourself. Loan period twoweeks. Fines if overdue • Ekonomihögskolans kursbibliotek INF • Course books - Reference copies • Request at the circulation desk • Ekonomihögskolans bibliotek REF … Non Circulating • Open shelves. Collectyourself • EHL Öppen samling ÖS … • Closed stacks. Request in Lovisa • Ekonomihögskolans bibliotek Inst 215 ...

  5. Subject Guide: Information Systems • Wheretheseslidesarepublished. Access via Live@Lund or directly http://libguides.lub.lu.se/INF • Encyclopedias and dictionaries • Books • Articles and Research • Scholarly articles, Proceedings paper, Working papers • Student Essays • OtherGuides

  6. Some Information Sources

  7. Scholarly Publications • Books (monographs) - Doctoral dissertations • Books (anthologies, compiledworks) withcontributions from severalauthors • Articles published in scholarly journals • Conference papers, Proceedings • Working papers, Research reports (not always peer reviewed)

  8. Conference publications • Conference proceedings: The collection of papers presented at a conference. Proceedings can be published as a book, as a journal, as a special issue of a journal or not published at all • Conference papers: Individual papers presented at a conference. Can be published in the conference proceedings or later as a journal article • Transactions: published papers of a conference or a learned society

  9. Scholarly Articles • Are published in scholarly journals • Original research articles, theoretical articles or review articles • Are signed by the researcher(s) • Have in text citations for all referred literature, collected in a reference list • Are intended for an academic audience • Are peer reviewed by scholars within the field before accepted for publication • The first and the last pages of a scholarly article • http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/scholarly-articles/ • Information Timeline - whatis published when, by whom and for whom • http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/research/information-timeline.html

  10. To keep in mind when you start to search • What kind of information do you need? • Overviews, opinions, explanations, in depth information, scholarly articles, empiricalstudies • Brand new or historical. Local or international. Language • Facts and figures. Statistics • What kind of sources are most likely to contain this type of information? • Which search tools are best to use for finding these sources? • Choose appropriate searchterms or keywords • Distinguish between theoretical and empirical information

  11. Evaluate the information • Who and Where? • When? • Why, for whom? • Purpose and intended audience • Reliability • Facts possible to verify from, from each other, independent sources? • Biased? Something missing? • Citedsources? • Impact on research • Social Sciences Citation Index, Scopus • For web pages: contact information, publication date, typeof URL

  12. Search Tools at LUB Books: Lovisa; LUBsearch; Libris Journals: Lovisa; Electronic journals & books A-Z Journal Articles, Conference Papers • LUBsearch • Database platforms – Search several databases at the same time • EbscoHost • AsiaPortal • One database at the time • ACM Digital Library • Inspec • Springer • Business Source Complete • ScienceDirect • Scopus • …

  13. ”Human computer interaction” in a selectionofsearchtools/bibliographicdatabases (17/1 2014) • Google: 2 580 000; Google Scholar: 498 000 • LUBsearch: 61 065 • ACM: 75 170 • Academic journals/Transactions, Proceedings, Magazines, Special Interest Groups, Conferences • Inspec(Elsevier): 37 101 • Conference papersand proceedings, academic journals, book chapters • SpringerLink297 926 (Partly part of LUBsearch) • Books and book chapters, academic journal articles, conference papers, reference work entries… • Business Source Complete: 3 725 • Academic journals, magazines, trade journals, newspapers, books, productreviews, market reports. • Lovisa: 1 208. CompareSubject: Människa – dator – interaktion: 325 • Artikelsök: 2. CompareSubject: Människa – dator – interaktion: 108 • Retriever Research: 23. Compare Människa Dator Interaktion: 99

  14. LUBsearch • Retrieves a lot from LUB’s collections, but not all. No results from • Libris • Databases for Swedish articles and Swedish law • Statistical databases • Trade databases • Company information databases (Except from Business Source Complete) • Does not retrieve all e-book chapters/sections

  15. LUBsearch • Advanced search • Human computer interaction vs ”Human computer interaction” • Refine your results • Source types - Show more • Subjects - Show more • Publication • Publisher, Language, Geography, Location • ContentProvider • LU Linker, Addto folder – Sign in - create an account

  16. LUBsearch • Search History • flickrCC • ”…You can use these images in your own work, /…/ just remember to copy and use the attribution back to the original”. • eJournals & eBooks A-Z • eJournals • eBooks • Springer • ACM • Others • Databases A-Z • By subject. Displays if the database is covered in LUBsearch

  17. ACM • Academic journals/Transactions, Proceedings, Magazines • Special Interest Groups, Conferences • Browse by the ACM Computing Classification System, CSS • Informations systems • Search: ”Human computer interaction” • Related journals, magazines, SIGs, conferences • Sort by … • Refine by …

  18. Other Bibliographic Search Tools • Springer, Inspec • Web of Science, Science Direct • Google Scholar, http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/citations.html • Settings • Library catalogues Lovisa and Libris

  19. Citations • Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) and Scopus • Scopus • Search: ”Human computer interaction” • Refine. Sort by ”Cited by” • Articlesearch: Carlsson S • Carlsson, S. A. (2011). Socio-Technical IS Design Science Research: Developing design theory for IS integration management. Information Systems and e-Business Management,vol. 9, no. 1, pp.109-131

  20. Libris – The National Library Catalogue • Search: ”Human computer interaction" • Sort results - newest first. Refine: Book • Subject headings • Computer science. Information systems. Computer Science. Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing. Computers and Society. User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. • Cite • Libraries - Interlibrary loans • Order through the School of Economics and Management Library homepage ”Interlending and Document Delivery” • When articles, 80 kronor/article

  21. Lovisa • Browse: Subject: Computers and Society • Pick a title • Go to ”Full” for more information • Advanced search • Subject: Computers and Society AND Subject: Human computer interaction • Patron Access • Card number (all numbers with no space) and password (ask the library)

  22. Research at the DepartmentofInformatics • http://www.ics.lu.se/en • Research - Research projectsrecently finished - VacSam • Publications • Publications – LUP, Filter by type • Conference BIR 2014 • 13th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research • 12th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research • Perspectives in Business Informatics Research • Johansson, Björn: Developing Open Source ERP Systems for SMEs: Is That Still of Interest? • LUP • Springer Link

  23. How do you rate your skills? • m.voto.se/MasterMaster

  24. Help!!! • Book a Librarian or send me an e-mail • bitte.holm@ehl.lu.s Picture from flickr

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