1. Getting Curious:
Information to feed your creativity
and how to search Google like a Pro
https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library
BA/BSc Product Design Sept 2019
2. Today we will look at....
•Being curious
•Imagination
•Keywords
•Search tips
10. USA OR America (broaden search)
design* (broaden search eg. Design, designers, designing etc)
“Festival of Britain” (phrase search)
+Ideo or “IDEO” (exact match)
Define: “paper prototyping” (definition)
Jaguar -Cat (exclude words)
Related:http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/ (find similar sites)
Scandinavian site: design (find a subject in specific types of sites)
“Scandinavian design” site: ac (find a subject within academic websites)
Smarter searching
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mike_miley/2614472057/
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/pdde/SearchTips
38. Need further help?
Your Librarian is:
Vanessa Hill v.hill@mdx.ac.uk
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/pdde/Help
Hinweis der Redaktion
Session all about curiosity and being a good designer.
Iceberg picture will make more sense later on.
Why you should get curious
The reason why it is good to research
Feeding your creativity
Using keywords and search tips to search for information
We’ll be concentrating on the Internet as your source of information.
Your finished product (or essay, project etc) is just the tip of the iceberg.
Below it is should be loads of research ie. looking at theory and facts, being inspired, getting ideas, stimulating your imagination etc.
Limited research = less creativity.
Finished design might not be as good as it could be.
Find out as much as you can.
Question, discuss, be inspired, think etc
Feed your creativity…….library resources can help you do this.
Research at Uni of Huddersfield shows that students who use library resources get better degrees.
Basically the more you research, the more you make use of the resources available to you, the more you will feed your creativity and get results.
We’re going to start off with an exercise to get you thinking about keywords.
Importance of using the right keywords to find what you want when searching for information.
The words you use are very important and can make all the difference.
If you don’t use the right language or words then you won’t find what you need.
Drawing exercise in pairs.
Person drawing cannot ask any questions.
Use of meaningful words is essential to communicate your ideas.
Other languages, different ways of describing things etc.
In groups.
Besides thinking about all the different ways that you can describe a subject, you also need to consider the language you use in order to find the best quality information e.g. if you need medical advice. The keywords you use will affect your search results.
When you’re deciding what words to put in the search box, try to choose words that are likely to appear on the site you’re looking for.
Eg. The word ‘headache’ is more likely to be used on a medical site.
Not just with Google, but need to consider with any type of search you may carry out.
When you’re deciding what words to put in the search box, try to choose words that are likely to appear on the site you’re looking for.
Eg. The word ‘headache’ is more likely to be used on a medical site.
Not just with Google, but need to consider with any type of search you may carry out.
The keywords you use are important to get what you want from the Internet, but you can also use some of these search tips to ensure that you get what you want.
Click on Tools to further refine your search by country and date.
You can find a guide to searching the Internet (called ‘Google and beyond’) at the URL on the screen.
Let students continue searching for another 5 mins.
************Now its time for the presentations***************
After about 20 mins ask each group in turn to show us how they found their item using the demo computer and importantly why they chose it.
Ask the students to hang on to their worksheets as this will be useful later on when they have a go at referencing.
We’re going to start off with an exercise to get you thinking about keywords.
Hand out worksheets to small groups:
What is it?
Words you can use to describe it....think big, detail etc
Start to research the image/topic on the Internet:
List 3 interesting/surprising facts about the image/topic
Describe how you found these facts
Feedback after.
As we’re going to use Google, ask how students streamline their search. Show next slide after discussion.
Google Search has finally added a simple way to search for images that have reuse rights.
Trend and colour forecasting, business strategy, trade news etc
Trends, forecasting, interviews, careers
Free for academic use within reasonable limits
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