researching for the built environment and engineering professions
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Researching for the Built Environment and Engineering Professions. Graham Dawson Craig Milne Jennifer Thomas Marvin van Prooijen. EMBEDDED MEDIA CLIP INSERTED IN THIS SLIDE. The research process Planning for research Search strategies Search tools Evaluating information - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
Researching for the Built Environment and Engineering Professions
Graham DawsonCraig Milne
Jennifer ThomasMarvin van Prooijen
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
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BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
• The research process• Planning for research• Search strategies• Search tools• Evaluating information• Useful resources and searches• Further help
Today’s objectives
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
1. Obtain your project brief and details of requirements
2. Define your information needs and search objectives
3. Develop a search plan as your guide
4. Consider the type of information and types of sources
5. Use your search plan and trial in the search tools
6. Evaluate results; develop and refine your searches
7. Use and communicate results
( page 2 )The research process
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
Define your information need:
• Analyse your project brief / assignment• Identify key concepts / synonyms / alternatives / plurals
• Make use of a search planner / concept mapping
Example – sustainability:
sustainable, ecological, renewable, recycle, “energy efficient”
( page 3 )Planning your searches
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
Using ‘AND’ - Infrastructure AND “remote communities”
Using ‘OR’ - Indigenous OR aboriginal OR native
Using ‘NOT’ - infrastructure NOT “information technology”
Use: “ ….. ” For phrase searching - “public private partnership”
Use: * For alternative endings to words - hous* , sustainab*
Think about the type of information you require:- background, statistics, technical, demographic, planning, research,
Think about the types of information sources you will need
- Journals, Conferences, Newspapers, Websites, Podcasts, Books,
( 8 - 11 )Search strategies: Symbols & tips
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
A: Google
B: Library Catalogue
C: Databases
Where do you start looking?
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
The Web Google Advanced Search
Google Scholar
Library CatalogueBooks, eBooks, book chapters
Also: DVD’s, journals, websites, reports, CD’s, newspapers,
magazines, maps, databases, standards, etc.
Databases The library subscribes to over 500 databases on various online platforms
Containing journal articles, reports, conference papers, news etc.
( pages 13-34 )Search tools
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
EBSCOhost – US / International• Academic Search Elite (Multidisciplinary)• Australia & NZ Reference Centre (Australian News)
ProQuest – US / International• Academic Research Library (Multidisciplinary)
InfoRMIT – Australian• Build, Engine, ATRI, Engineering Collection (Discipline specific)• APAIS-ATSIS, APA, ATSI-Health (Indigenous / Multidisciplinary)
Engineering Village – International• Compendex , Inspec (Engineering
disciplines)
Relevant platforms and databases
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
What criteria might you use to evaluate information?
Why?
Evaluation
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
Authorship and authority – who has written it?• What are their qualifications, experience, other publications, etc.
Date / age / currency of the information
Accuracy • Is the author objective or biased?• Is there proof or evidence to support the argument?• Does the author reference their sources?
Appearance – does is look good?• For journals - is there an abstract, list of references, is it refereed? • For books - "scholarly", specialist publisher, part of a series? • For websites – are the links unbroken, dates of last modification, etc.?
( pages 25-27 )Evaluating information
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
• Library text: Researching for the BEE Professions. 2nd ed. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15668/
• Week 7 Tutorials: Searching databases
• Need help?: Ask-a-Librarian: http://www.library.qut.edu.au/help/
• PILOT - http://pilot.library.qut.edu.au/
• Library Homepage - http://www.library.qut.edu.au/
• Blackboard –BEB100 unit site
Further help and teaching
BEB100 – Introducing Professional Learning 2009
Questions? Please!
Week 9 lecture topic:
Referencing and avoiding plagiarism