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Introduction to finding and evaluating resources for your dissertation Samantha Halford Librarian for Business & Management and Marketing & Enterprise  http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/content.php?hs=a&pid=70479  s.halford@mdx.ac.uk
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Overview of LR Web Pages Library Menu and Subject Guides
Part One: Finding Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Example One – Finding  journal articles ,[object Object],[object Object]
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[object Object],Enter your keywords (for instance, ‘viral marketing’),  and click on ‘Search’.
Result page:  Look at the number of results (circled in red) to see if you need to narrow them down.
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When you’ve found an article you like, click on the title so see more information, or click on ‘PDF Full Text’ to read, save or print the whole article.
Abstracts vs Full Text ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Example Two – Market  Research Reports ,[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Expert Tips
Part Two: Evaluating Resources ,[object Object],[object Object]
There are books to help: try...  Judith Bell,  Doing your research project  4 th  ed., Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2005. Classmark: 370.78 BEL or read it online via the library catalogue ( http://library.mdx.ac.uk/ )
Exercise  ,[object Object],[object Object]
Things to consider... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Discussion
Finding more resources and help: ,[object Object],[object Object]

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Using Resources And Evaluation Worksheet

  • 1. Introduction to finding and evaluating resources for your dissertation Samantha Halford Librarian for Business & Management and Marketing & Enterprise http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/content.php?hs=a&pid=70479 s.halford@mdx.ac.uk
  • 2.
  • 3. Overview of LR Web Pages Library Menu and Subject Guides
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7.
  • 8. Result page: Look at the number of results (circled in red) to see if you need to narrow them down.
  • 9.
  • 10. When you’ve found an article you like, click on the title so see more information, or click on ‘PDF Full Text’ to read, save or print the whole article.
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15. There are books to help: try... Judith Bell, Doing your research project 4 th ed., Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2005. Classmark: 370.78 BEL or read it online via the library catalogue ( http://library.mdx.ac.uk/ )
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 19.

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