BIS4408 Jan 2015

Finding research evidence

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BIS4408 Jan 2015

In this workshop we will look at...

• How to find information

• Developing an effective search strategy

• Resources available and how to use them

• Evaluating information for quality and relevance

• Avoiding plagiarism

• Managing references

Thinking about resources

Find out moreMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides

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Reading listsAccess: MyLearning or MyLibrary or Library and IT website

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Thinking about keywords

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossjamesparker/89414788/

The real thingQuality management in traditional and agile project

management approaches

•Keywords

•Alternative keywords

•More specific keywords

•Related subjects

Finding resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Summon

Select Summon and

search for information for

your project

Refining your search

Summon provides:

• Access to quality information

• Information not available elsewhere

• Up-to-date

• Focussed/specific

• Full-text access

• Access on/off campus

Get online help using resourcesMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides > Computing

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EIS

Keeping up-to-date with your subject

• Zetoc Alert

• TicTOC

• Google Alerts

More information on Library Subject Guide:

http://bit.ly/CSkeepingcurrent

It’s not in the Library!

• Inter Library Loans http://bit.ly/InterLibraryLoans

• Sconul Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access

• Other libraries http://bit.ly/visitingotherlibraries

But is it any good?

Evaluating information

Imagine you are researching ‘The right to be forgotten’

Go to http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EvaluatingInformation

Have a look at these items and then answer the following questions:

• Which of these items are suitable for postgraduate research?

• What are your criteria for choosing these items?

• Authority

• Relevance

• Intent

• Objectivity

• Currency

Evaluating information

Why do you need to use sources?

To make your work credible

It shows you have been reading in your field

To strengthen your arguments

It provides evidence to support your ideas

Using your sources

• Paraphrase the information that you want to use

In technical and scientific writing not everything can be

paraphrased. Terminology of the field must stay the

same.

How do I paraphrase?

• Read carefully

• Become familiar with what is being said

• Think about the ideas presented

• Write down “the essence” of what is being said

• Reread it

• Is it too similar to the original?

• Rewrite it

Lari, A. (2002) "An integrated information system for quality

management", Business Process Management Journal, 8 (2) pp. 169

- 182

By looking to the information requirement type of the above

modules, it can be concluded that the information and data

processing are not sufficient to handle ISO 9000, and in many

cases, analytical processing capabilities are required. The strategy,

directives, structure, requirements, and other details of all ISO 9000-

based quality systems are defined by preparing quality policy, quality

manual, and quality plan documents. Based on these documents,

the necessary procedures and working instructions will be prepared

and maintained. These documents set the quality information

requirements of the processes within each firm and the processes

will make a chain throughout the organization. Some of these

processes such as maintenance, calibration, and training are

considered as supporting processes.

An example – this is not the only way!

According to Lari (2002) when examining another

information requirement type it becomes obvious that for

ISO 9000 the information and data processing are not

adequate. Analytical processing is required. Quality

policy, quality manual and quality plan documents need

to be created, which include all of the necessary details.

This is because procedures and instructions are

produced and maintained from them (Lari 2002).

Terms which cannot be changed

In-text citations

Knuth (1999) showed that .…

Gatziu and Dittrich’s (1999) overview of the project …

Stankovic et al. (1999) identified common misconceptions …

Locke (1986, 1992) showed that …

In-text Citations

It has been shown that.…. (Knuth, 1999).

The project investigated …… (Gatziu and Dittrich, 1999).

Misconceptions have been identified (Stankovic et al., 1999)

It has been shown that.… (Locke, 1986, 1992).

“The idea of simplicity has been used uncritically” (Popper,

1992, p. 136).

Reference list

Boehm, B. W. (1981). Software Engineering Economics. Eaglewood Cliffs, New

Jersey: Prentice-Hall.

Knuth, D. E. (1999). The Art of Programming. 3rd edition, vol 2. MA, USA:

Addison-Wesley.

Stankovic, J. A. (1988a). Misconceptions About Real-Time Computing: A Serious

Problem for Next-Generation Systems. IEEE Computer, 21(10), October, pp. 10–

19.

Stankovic, J. A. (1988b). Real-Time Computing Systems: The Next Generation. In:

Stankovic, J. A. (ed). Hard Real-Time Systems. IEEE Computer Society Press.

1988.

Stankovic, J. A., Son, S. H., and Hansson, J. (1999). Misconceptions About Real-

Time Database Systems. IEEE Computer, 32(6), June, pp. 29–36.

Referencing and PlagiarismmyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Library Subject Guides >

Computing > Information Skills > Referencing and Citation

http://bit.ly/CSrefandcite

Cite Them Right

Managing your references

• Use bibliographic management software

• RefWorks and Flow

• http://bit.ly/BibManSoftwareMDX

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