1. Developing your research skills MGT1110 Samantha Halford Librarian for Business & Management and Marketing & Enterprise http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/content.php?hs=a&pid=50168 [email_address]
23. B Type in keywords from list you made earlier Click on full text and limit by date if you wish Click on Search
24. Example of Persistent Link for electronic journal article in BSC Click on Journal title in Results List and scroll down to persistent link and copy and paste it into your reference list NB This could be called Document url in other databases
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Have MUCC logged on for passwords https://mucc.mdx.ac.uk Webhelpdesk Hlpdesk6 HANDS ON As they come in ask them WHILE WAITING to LOG ON AND HAVE 24-7 PAGE OPEN. Tell them to switch off monitor till needed (otherwise they get into other things and miss what you are saying at the beginning!) Introductions & Welcome... explain this will help them find the information to write better essays and will be useful throughout their studies We will be using one of their assigned essay titles to illustrate the points The following will be displayed on Oasis Plus – The slides
Show main parts of LR home and podcasts and Libguides and Web helpdesk Also Libguides and Electronic Resources links – look at later
WE AREJUST USING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO SEARCH BSC. THEY CAN USE THE SAME PRINCIPLES FOR ANY TOPIC. Essay title taken as an example from an old exam paper in a different module. Get them to call out keywords and alternatives Next slide has keywords lists as below – you can show them after they have made their suggestions – Workplace Organis/zation Company/ies Corporate culture Organis/zational culture Staff Worker/s Personnel Employee/s Employer/s Satisfaction Motivation Commitment Enrichment Incentive/s Reward Performance Effectiveness Productivity Turnover Absentee/ism Job security
Tell them they will need to combine terms to carry out their searches, using different combinations according to what results they get.
The most common technique used when searching electronic resources is the use of connectors (also called Boolean operators). You may already be familiar with these from searching the Web or from maths set theory. Connectors are used to express relationships between words – illustrate these 3 with examples such as those below or your own egs AND - like minus; it narrows your search by asking the computer only for articles that combine the two concepts together - EG Microsoft AND marketing OR - like plus; it broadens your search; tells the computer you’re not fussy whether it gives you information on either this or that so will look for articles containing both - EG ethics OR antitrust NOT – be careful when using this one as it can exclude info that might be useful. EG ethics NOT antitrust - This will not find articles with ‘antitrust’ in, so will not find articles which have both terms, so you will lose some info
Databases can use different methods or symbols for searching, so if necessary Check their Help Tips Some require you to put phrases in “ “ Some databases (eg Emerald) may give you a box to tick if you want to search for an exact phrase
Truncation is also a very useful and popular technique. To truncate a word you replace part of it with a symbol. This tells the computer to search for all words containing that particular stem. (Refer to example on slide. Point out that where you cut the stem off in significant…e.g. this example will not search for ‘managing’) – you’d have to put * after ‘g’ Different computer systems use different symbols. e.g. *, ?, $, # A system’s HELP screen will tell you what symbol it supports
HANDS ON Esc from presentation and go to 24-7 page Get them to start at 24-7 and go through 2 links to LR home (under academic services) Now tell them to click on link to Lib catalogue. Point out A-z and KW search options, including Journal a-z and kw. Mention briefy re requesting and renewing books Could also show (not hands on) how to request here , using your own logon to do it. (Don’t forget to cancel request) Get them to do reading list KW for HRm1110 . Select Colquitt Organizational behavior (others may still be on order!) to show and explain bib ref, Mod code, holdings. )
HANDS ON FROM NEXT SLIDE First mention that catalogue will give details of books, reports, conference proceedings, journals et – but only journal titles not full articles. They will need to find printed journals in journals wing by title OR, for most of theirs, online (shown on slide 15)
Now we will show how to access databases from ER list S 18 – 25 are screenshots which you can go through if not doing hands on with them or live demo to them.
At this point show all options incl EJS Athens etc Then show databases link
Click on B and scroll down to BSC – our biggest BUS database – many FT (but not all) If you like you can show them the Business option on the drop down list above main A-Z list iand say it gives all the BUS databases
Select whichever you need – ie Athens from off campus Show Athens
If time could do hands on to wake them up! Point out the very basic search above Type “job satisfactio”n and “employee performanc”’ and limit to FT and Jan 2000 – Oct 2009 – c 36 results Pick an article and demo persistent link – click on Journal title in results list and scroll down to where it says Persistent link – tell them to copy and paste it into their references/bibliography I have included a final slide with example
Show them an example on BSC (Do search for flexible working and hours FT from 2000 or the topic of this presentation)
If we use this slide point out parts of journal ref. HANDS ON if you feel comfy. Get them to do Journal a-z search for above article from Psychological Bulletin – this is one of the refs in handbook.( Next slides lists detailed steps, also shown below) Search library catalogue – Journal a-z search for Psychological Bulletin Click on title Click on Middlesex link to Ovid Login to Athens – top of page On logon page click on Middlesex University link If you don’t see this you will have to do the next 3 steps instead – Select alternative logon On Organisations page click on Middlesex University (or if you don’t see this, scroll down to Universities and click on the + sign) Click on Middlesex university link NB Click link at top to set cookie before logging on Athens When pop up closes logon (logon is same as IT logon) On Ovid page scroll down on left to 1998 and click on + sign Click on volume 142 issue 2 Then scroll down centre list to page 240 and click on pdf for full text of article NB Click okay if you get popups asking you to accept terms To return to presentation minimise page and clic on this icon T o return to presentation minimise Ovid page and click on Slide show tab at top of screen then on this icon at top to start where you left off k
At this remind them of the list of databases shown earlier to find BSC and point tell them you will show HRM subject guide at end – demo not hands on – if time f
Information that is not current, especially statistics, medical info., laws, may affect the credibility of your work . Authoritative - the type of resource you use will determine the extent to which you need to be critical. The Library databases are considered good authorities (academic articles by experts in field) You may find information that mentions the keywords but is not relevant to the question eg whistleblowing and football Bias Who wrote the article, where is it published? Have they got a particular viewpoint or do they represent a particular group? Eg cf Socialist Worker (workers viewpoint, anti-capitalism etc) If you have found an abstract - is there a full text copy available in the Library - do you have time to obtain it from elsewhere? Note:( If not previously mentioned ) that it’s especially important to be critical of information when using the Internet. No controls over who produces information - everyone is an author on the Net and anyone can publish anything! No controls over currency and permanence (Internet is not static like printed info. sources). Make sure you note all details of website or better, print off page. But – good eg is Intute –see next slide
This leads to the Intute online training tutorial re how to access web resources on a variety of subjects. You can choose your subject, eg Business Manager and follow the tutorial. It includes – Best web resources for business managers How to search the internet effectively How to evaluate websites Examples of how people used the internet to help them in their business Can also point out it’s linked to from HRM Subject guide – Under Literature searching sub tab Searching the Internet
Whenever you do an essay or other assignment you need to complete a refernce list, ie a list of all the books, journal articles etc from which you have quoted. It is useful to make a note of these as you go along so that you don’t forget where you found your information. NB if you are using a web page print it off – it may have changed or disappeared by the time you do your bibliography and you will have lost the details Mention Plagiarism here if you haven’t already done so. There are specific rules for doing this. Bullet 1 Referencing and Citation Style: Health and Social Sciences Tell them this gives you all the instructions you need for compiling a bibliography and for quoting from documents. Print it out for your future reference and to use when writing the essay. Write it down – all relevant details – au,ti, jl.ti etc. Bullet 2 As on slide BUT SEBASTIAN USES THE GUIDE
Sconul access card Most of you won’t need this facility, but Useful if spend hols away from mdx and near another uni. NB reference only – no borrowing or use of computers Need SCONUL and MDX access card to visit other libraries It’s free!
At this point do live demo of HRM or B&M subject guide – just point out key features – tabs etc.
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