1.
Finding information and Inspiration
https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library
BA/BSc Product Design Dec 2019

2.
Today we will look at..
• Finding information and inspiration
• Evaluating information

3.
More to life than Google
• Explore the resources you have been given
• Choose your favourite
• Complete the worksheet
• Prepare a short demonstration

4.
Accessing library resources
MyUniHub > MyStudy > My Library

5.
Sign-in to Library Search for full
functionality
Click on ‘Sign-in’,
choose ‘Middlesex
University’ and use
your university email
address.
Signing-in enables you to check
your library record, request
items, create lists, save
searches and create alerts and
export references to RefWorks.

6.
Library Search
MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Library Search
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/pdde/LibrarySearch

7.
Library Search help
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/pdde/LibrarySearch

8.
Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.co.uk/
You may be
able to access
the full-text
here.
Refine your
search
results here.
Create an alert for your search,
so you can keep up-to-date
with new publications.
Link to MDX resources: > Settings > Library Links > Search for MDX and save.

9.
Evaluating information
Imagine you are writing an essay on Robots
Have a look at the 4 items that you have been given and
consider the following:
• Which item is the most relevant to your essay?
• Which item would be no use?
• Which item has the most academic authority?
• Are any of the items biased?
• Which item is the most current?

10.
• Authority
• Relevance
• Intent
• Objectivity
• Currency
Evaluating information

11.
• Source
• Author
• Date
• Bias
• Headlines
• Evidence
• Joke
• Expert
Fake News
https://fullfact.org/

12.
Need further help?
Your Librarian is:
Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/pdde/Help