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By the end of the session you’ll be able to…
Source relevant information for your project proposal and presentation
Find journal articles for up to date research
Locate market research and industry news
Reference your sources correctly
…. to get better marks on your project
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Researching Your ProjectBusiness strategy books available in the Lifelong Learning Collection in Senghennydd Library and Aberconway Library…
& don’t forget e-books – they’re available 24/7!
http://librarysearch.cf.ac.uk
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What are journal articles and why use them?
For research which is:Up-to-dateIn-depthAcademic quality
…to produce more substantial work which receives better marks!
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Tip One
Clever keywords
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Topic: Designing a website…
Equivalent terms
Equivalent terms
Broader / related terms
Narrower / related terms
Web site design Web page layout
Web development Interface designGraphic design
User experience Web accessibility
Assistive technologies
text-to-speech software text-to-Braille hardware
Mark up language
HTML Metadata and content
Dreamweaver
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Keyword phrases
“web design”
Alternate endings• Comput* for computers,
computation
Combining keywords • “Interface design” OR “interface
engineering” AND “user analysis”
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Tip Two
Finding online journal articles on ArticleSearch
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What is ArticleSearch?
A simple way to find some online journal articles…. it doesn’t cover all the online journals in the library collection but it is a quick and easy starting point:
http://librarysearch.cf.ac.uk
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Tip Three
Finding journal articles and market research through specialist databases
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What are research databases?
Collections of references to research papers searchable by keywords
Identify peer-reviewed, high quality academic literature
Have specialised search facilitiesComputing & Maths use:
MathSciNet Web of Science
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Market Research Databases
KeyNote Provides market reports from 27 industries in the UK.
Mintel Marketing Intelligence Mintel provides access to the full text of a wide range of consumer-related UK market research reports.
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http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/eresources/databases/index.html
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Tip Four
Don’t forget to cite & reference
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Why reference?
Academic Support your argument Demonstrate wider reading Don’t lose marks!
Practical Enable reader to locate sources
Legal Avoid being accused of plagiarism
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Reference Styles
At least three references are required for your bibliography
Range of styles available Author-date - Harvard Numbered - Vancouver Footnote - MHRA
Be Consistent
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/educationandtraining/guides/citingreferences/index.html
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Referencing Electronic Sources
eJournals, eBooks and webpages
Indicate that the source is Online
Date you accessed the material
The URL of the source
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Final tips
Don’t leave referencing to the last minute
LATEX can help with formatting:http://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/skills/documents/3728/3728.pdf
Quality of sources is important
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Summary
Think about terminology / keywords
Search ArticleSearch for finding online journal articles quickly
Search databases such as Mintel & Keynote for more market research & business news
… reference your sources
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