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Finding and managing information for your doctorate

Finding and managing information for your doctorate. David Heading Suzie Kitchin Nicola Siminson. Session overview. useful databases for Education research importing references into Endnote further sources of research information EndNote Web keeping up-to-date with the literature.

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Finding and managing information for your doctorate

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  1. Finding and managing information for your doctorate David Heading Suzie Kitchin Nicola Siminson

  2. Session overview • useful databases for Education research • importing references into Endnote • further sources of research information • EndNote Web • keeping up-to-date with the literature

  3. Materials on DUO • https://duo.dur.ac.uk/ • Postgraduate Research Training (new)  Training Programme  Courses  Library Courses

  4. Education journals and databases • which journals does Durham subscribe to?  Durham University Library catalogue: http://library.dur.ac.uk • All Journals • using bibliographic databases to trace (and find) articles  Library web pages: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/ • Quick links: • Databases [full A-Z listing] • OR Subject information - Education - Databases

  5. Off-campus access • important to access databases via the Library web pages – especially off-campus • see also: Information for… Off-site and Distance Users: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/distance/

  6. Database examples • ERIC (within FirstSearch collection) • Web of Knowledge • Web of Science • covers Arts and Humanities; Sciences; Social Sciences • cited reference searching • searching for articles which have “cited” a particular article since it was published  tracking how research is being taken forward by other researchers • ISI Proceedings - conference proceedings • online tutorials available

  7. Further sources of research information (1) • theses • database examples: • Durham University Library catalogue • need to request Durham theses in advance • Index to Theses • ProQuest digital dissertations

  8. Further sources of research information (2) • “Open Access” • E-print archives / institutional repositories • produced on an institutional or subject basis • examples: • Durham Research Online (DRO) http://dro.dur.ac.uk/ • OAIster http://www.oaister.org/ • OpenDOAR http://www.opendoar.org/

  9. Further sources of research information (3) • Open access journals • DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) http://www.doaj.org/

  10. Using other libraries • http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/otherlibraries/ • plus http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/catalogues/ • SCONUL Access: http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/ • letters of introduction • Document Delivery Service (DDS) • http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/borrowing/dds/ • check with your supervisor(s) / Department to see if they fund DDS requests • look out for trial “Copy Service” for part-time / distance researchers (News on Library home page)

  11. Keeping up-to-date (1) • Alert services • alerts from Durham University Library catalogue: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/finding/curaware/alerts/ • Tables of Contents alerting services (TOCs) • example: • ZETOC (British Library’s electronic table of contents service)

  12. Keeping up-to-date (2) • RSS feeds • general information on RSS feeds: • http://www.rin.ac.uk/why-subscribe • http://www.dur.ac.uk/its/services/web/cms/newsfeeds/ • Library RSS feeds: • http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/finding/curaware/  select: Library RSS feeds including new books by subject

  13. Any questions?

  14. Thank you! • Evaluation:http://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/durham/eddjuly08 • Future training session: Referencing, avoiding plagiarism and using Turnitin Wednesday 23rd July, 12.15 – 1.30pm • Contact us: • Liaison Librarians: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/education/ • General enquiries: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries/

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