CSD4040 Session 2 Oct 2013

Week 2: Reflecting not plagiarising

CSD4040

In this workshop we will look at..

• Developing an effective search strategy

• Finding information for your project

• Evaluating information for quality

• Refection

• Avoiding plagiarism

• Plus feedback on homework

Thinking about keywords

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossjamesparker/89414788/

The real thing: Electives Formal methods and Quantum Information Processing

Digital image and video analysis

• Keywords

• Alternative keywords

• More specific keywords

• Related subjects

Finding resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library

Select Summon and search for information for your chosen elective

Refining your search

Journal DatabasesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases

Choose ‘Computing Science’ for list of relevant journal databases

Journal databases provide:• Access to quality information

• Information not available elsewhere

• Up-to-date

• Focussed/specific

• Full-text access

• Access on/off campus

• Personalize

• Citation and journal impact info

Library Subject GuidesMyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Subject Guides > Computing

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/EIS

Evaluating information

Evaluating information

Imagine you are writing an essay on ‘Network Security’.

Have a look at the 4 items that you have been given and consider the following:

• Which items are the most relevant to your essay?

• Which items would be no use?

• Which item has the most academic authority?

• Which items might have bias?

• Which item is the most current?

• Authority

• Relevance

• Intent

• Objectivity

• Currency

Evaluating information

Homework

• Find a journal article using Summon or one of the

journal databases on your elective topic

• Write a reflective piece on the article and email to

Paula by 21st Oct p.bernaschina@mdx.ac.uk

• You will receive feedback on your writing and if

necessary, advice on what to do next.

Need further help?

Paula Bernaschina p.bernaschina@mdx.ac.uk

Adam Edwards a.edwards@mdx.ac.uk

Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk

http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/ldu

http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library