cce2060 oct 2014
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Getting curious:Finding information for your projects
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CCE2060 October 2014
In this workshop we will look at..
•Being curious
•Keywords
•Search tips
•Resources
Why research?
project AND management (narrow search)
USA OR America (broaden search)
comput* (broaden search eg. Computer, computers, computerisation, computation)
“human computer interaction” (phrase search)
+Ideo or “IDEO” (exact match)
Define: “data mining” (definition)
-Amazon (exclude words)
Cork NOT Ireland (exclude words)
Find more relevant information
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_miley/2614472057/
The following search tips can all be used when searching the Internet to make your search results more specific:
More to life than Google• Explore the resources you have been given
• Choose your favourite
• Prepare a short presentation
• Include:
• What is it?• Useful/interesting features• How you could use this resource in your
studies
Find out moreMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EIS
Get online help using resourcesMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides > Computing
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EIS
Evaluating information
Currency
• How old• Last updated• What
Authority
• Author• Qualifications• Verifiable
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