1. Information Discovery in Computer Science Richard Pears and Laura Jeffrey Liaison Librarians

2. Search strategies What information do you need? How much information do you want? How much time have you got to collect it? Where are you going to access this information from? Literature review working from the general to the specific

3. Finding Information

4. Types of resources

5. Resources Books/ e-books Journals/ e- journals E-prints Statistics/data tables Theses Newspapers Internet pages Conference proceedings Patents Academics & librarians

6. Library web pages www.durham.ac.uk/library Catalogue Online information resources Subject information pages –Key resources –Pre-evaluated webpages –Databases

7. Effective searching Definitions and synonyms e.g. information, data, facts, statistics Adjacency or refine using “ ” e.g. Computer Science Boolean operators: AND, OR & AND NOT

8. Effective searching Truncation e.g. comput* to locate computer, computers, computation etc. Wildcards e.g. program* also returns programme Proximity e.g. systems within 3 software Advanced search option/ help

9. Journals Bordewich, M., Freedman, M., Lovász, L. & Welsh, D. (2005) Approximate counting and quantum computation. Combinatorics, Probability and Computing 14(5-6) pp. 737- 754 Burd, E.L., 'The Single Ultimate Source', Quality Journal, Vol 7, June, 2001, pp 1-100

10. Databases Access from Subject Information Pages Search multiple journals at one time Use of keyword search Find related records/ citation search Broad scope: Web of KnowledgeWeb of Knowledge Specific scope: Computer Abstracts

11. Material not in Durham COPAC Document Delivery Service Visits –Plan ahead –UK Libraries Plus Reference

12. Websites Who is the author? Is the material biased? Who is hosting this web page? When was it posted or last updated? Is there a bibliography or further references? Always use Gateways first Online tutorials available

13. References and bibliographies ALWAYS keep a full and accurate record of your information sources Use the Library Catalogue to e-mail references for saving Make sure you refer correctly to other authors within your work Avoid plagiarism

14. Where to go for help Enquiries Desk on Level 2, Main Library Enquiry service: http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries Academic Support Team: Richard Pears and Laura Jeffrey

15. Suggested topics Human Animation Motion Retrieval Feed Scraper Algorithms for graph colouring Speech Synthesis for Poetry Reading SAT Solving Intelligent Internet Agents Compiler Optimization Web Service for Component-Based Software Engineering Tools to Support Education