1. Workshop: How to find sources for an academic paper?
Metropolia’s Library and Information Services
Kaisu Sallasmaa
January, 2014

2. Purpose of the workshop
To find scholarly (=peer reviewed) sources for your report
2 books & 1 article OR
1 book & 2 articles
Use library databases, do not google!
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3. Get familiar with the research subject
Analyze your subject and its central concepts.
Make a list of terms
Create a mind map or a concept map
Understanding the concepts helps you to find keywords.
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4. List of terms: synonyms & language variations
mobile phone
mobile telephone
mobile
cell phone
cellphone
cellular phone
cellular telephone
cell
wireless phone
hand phone
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5. Concept map Topis of the report: Creating a sliding puzzle for Windows Phone
Central concepts
Same as/related to
(language variations/synonyms
- Windows Phone
- games
Is part of
Windows Phone development
Sliding puzzle for WP
Windows Phone Games
includes
Sliding puzzle games
Silverlight
WP coding
C# coding
SDK tools
Metro design
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6. Metropolia’s Library and Information Services
Dictionaries
MOT-dictionaries
Macmillan Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionaries Online
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7. Library sources Video: Why use library databases. (http://www. youtube

8. How to find library’s databases?
Nelli portal
e-books, e-articles, dictionaries, digital libraries and also open web resources
Find database
Connect to a spesific database
Remote access from home is possible. Log in with your Tube portal user ID.
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9. Metropolia’s Library and Information Services
eJournal databases
EBSCO
Academic Search Elite
Communication & Mass Media Complete
ACM Association for Computing Machinery
IEEE/IEE Electronic Library
= Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
ProQuest
(-> Science and Technology -> Engineering Research Databases )
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10. Metropolia’s Library and Information Services
eBook databases
Ebrary
Multi-disciplinary
Over e-books
Collection updated by the service provider.
You may print and copy up to 40 pages per session when in QuickView or in Ebrary Reader.
To download an e-book you need an Ebrary account.
e-book formats:
PDF (you can download, print and save up to 40 pages per session)
PDF+DRM (you can download the entire e-book for 14 days, but cannot print or save it)
Springer eBooks – Professional and Applied Computing
e-book format: PDF
You may download, save and print 1 chapter per session.
E-books marked with a green key are in Metropolia’s collection.
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11. Metropolia’s Library and Information Services
Sources in a nutshell
eBooks:
Ebrary
Safari
SpringerLink - Professional and Applied Computing
eJournals:
ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
EBSCO
Academic Search Elite
Communication & Mass Media Complete
IEEE/IEE Electronic Library
ProQuest
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12. Metropolia’s Library and Information Services
Contact the library!
Come to library
Send us an
Suggest a book
Found a good book or eBook but it’s not yet in the library collection? Contact the library: we may buy it or order it for you from another library.
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13. THANK YOU! www.metropolia.fi
Customer support system: hd.metropolia.fi > Library