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MyResearch Module 2 – Research Tool Kit

MyResearch Module 2 – Research Tool Kit. Winter 2012 April Colosimo Tara Mawhinney Umma Tamima. MyResearch for Science and Engineering: Teaching Team. April Colosimo , Liaison Librarian (Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics) Tara Mawhinney , Liaison Librarian

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MyResearch Module 2 – Research Tool Kit

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  1. MyResearchModule 2 – Research Tool Kit Winter 2012 April Colosimo Tara Mawhinney Umma Tamima

  2. MyResearch for Science and Engineering: Teaching Team • April Colosimo, Liaison Librarian (Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Statistics) • Tara Mawhinney, Liaison Librarian (Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) • Umma Tamima, Graduate Student (Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics)

  3. Outline • Recap of Module 1: EndNote Essentials • Find sources from all stages of the research cycle • Books/eBooks • Published papers • Grey literature • What’s next in Module 3

  4. Recap of Module 1… Module 1: EndNote Essentials • Find out how to build your personal database of references using EndNote. Learn how to organize references into groups, produce bibliographies, attach files to your references, insert bibliographic citations in your papers in your chosen style, and more.

  5. Outline • Recap of Module 1: EndNote Essentials • Find sources from all stages of the research cycle • Books/eBooks • Published papers • Grey literature • What’s next in Module 3

  6. Considerations • Where are you starting from? • Stage of research (defining, focused) • What are you looking for? • Type of literature (pre-prints, standards, conferences, etc.) • Time coverage (current vs. retrospective) • Place of publication (America/Europe/Asia, etc.) • Language • Etc.

  7. The Research Cycle Lab notebooks, Grant proposals Encyclopedias, Textbooks Conference papers Magazines, Newspapers Technical reports, Theses Image attributed to Emily Kasuto Journal Articles

  8. Searching in Research Databases:Activity • Describe your research topic in one or two sentences • Search two of the databases from the handout • With the person next to you, share your answers to questions 1 and 2

  9. Break…

  10. Grey Literature Grey Literature “Information produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing i.e. where publishing is not the primary activity of the producing body” (www.greynet.org).

  11. Grey Literature • Pre-prints • Theses/Dissertations • Patents • Standards • Technical reports • Other…

  12. Searching in Research Databases:Activity • Search for one type of specialized material (thesis, standard, patent, technical report, etc.)

  13. Outline • Recap of Module 1: EndNote Essentials • Find sources from all stages of the research cycle • Books/eBooks • Published papers • Grey literature • What’s next in Module 3

  14. What’s next in Module 3… Module 3: Search Strategies and Techniques • Learn effective search strategies. Find relevant information. Refine search topics. Use alerting services and RSS to keep up to date. Mon. Feb. 6th, 2012; 1:00-3:00pm

  15. Feedback • Survey (url is case sensitive): bit.ly/MyResearchMcGill

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