Developing information skills for effective research

Aims  Introduction to the Portal  Information available from the Library Home page (research support including research blog; travel fund information; Sconul Document Delivery; information skills unit; subject pages)  Evaluating information on the Internet  Electronic journals  Databases available  Search strategies  Citing references  Selected database searching  Current awareness (database alerts, conferences, JISC mail)  Current and past research  Selected online tutorials  Support documentation

Introduction to the Portal  You can get to the Portal from the University Home pagePortal  Login with your student ID and your Network password  Login this way gives you automatic devolved authentication …in other words you won’t need to use your personal Athens user name and password ever again.

Getting access to Resources Log in here B ******** An A-Z list of all Databases is available here – remember you are already authenticated for any Athens controlled database This link will take you to the Library homepage.

Information available from the Library Home page Library Home page  research support  travel fund information  Sconul  Document Delivery  information skills unit (literature searching etc)  subject pages

Evaluating information on the InternetEvaluating information on the Internet

Electronic journals

 Databases Databases

 Search Strategies Search Strategies

 Citing References Citing References

Selected Database searching and exporting from them to Refworks Engineering Village 2 Web of Science Engineering Village 2 Web of Science

Registering for Refworks  Register at a University of Ulster networked computer  Login via the University Portal  Select Learning Resources tab  See Library databases on the left hand side of the screen  Scroll down and click on R and then on Refworks Enhanced  You can now register  You must give your name  You must give your university B number  You must give your network password  You must give your university address

 Do you want a dedicated Refworks class?  Click here for details Click here for details

 Some powerpoint examples  Search in a CSA database and exporting results to Refworks Search in a CSA database and exporting results to Refworks  Search in Engineering Village2 and exporting to Refworks Search in Engineering Village2 and exporting to Refworks  Searching BL, University of Ulster, or other library catalogues and importing references into your Refworks space Searching BL, University of Ulster, or other library catalogues and importing references into your Refworks space

Current Awareness  Alerts Alerts  Conferences and proceedings Conferences and proceedings

Current and past research

3 online tutorials  Refworks tutorial Refworks tutorial  Refworks Write-n-Cite Refworks Write-n-Cite  Web of Science Researcher ID Web of Science Researcher ID  Web of Science Journal Citation Reports Web of Science Journal Citation Reports

 Support Documentation This powerpoint is available at Presentation for research students

We have covered  Introduction to the Portal  Information available from the Library Home page (research support; travel fund information; Sconul Document Delivery; information skills unit; subject pages)  Evaluating information  Electronic journals  Databases available  Search strategies  Citing references  Selected database searching  Current awareness (database alerts, conferences, JISC mail)  Current and past research  Selected online tutorials  Support documentation

Do you want to try a quiz? Go to this page and scroll down for some simple questions on what we have covered.this page  Alternatively try some searching your self. Logon via the Portal and select Library databases. Or go (via the Portal) to computing and engineering subject pages and from there select a database to search

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