1. Library Resources for
APFM
Part II

2. I AM . . .
Melanie Parlette
LRC Program Liaison for
School of Engineering and Information Technology
mparlette@conestogac.on.ca

3. TODAY we will…
• Explore Emerald Built and Environment and Google
Scholar and discover additional ways to make our
searching more refined

4. Off-Campus Access
PIN NUMBERS - You can use your PIN to:
• Access resources from Off-Campus
• Renew a book, place a hold
• Review your account

5. LRC Homepage  Research Help  Engineering  Mechanical Engineering
YOUR Research Guide
http://bit.ly/APFM
Key Tabs:
•Articles from Databases
•Books . . .
•Cite Your Sources
•Contact Us

6. What do I search
for?
Building
Security Automation Built
Systems Environment
Risk Facility
Fire
Assessment Management Protection
Building
Life Emergency Energy
Procedures
Cycle Efficiency

7. Emerald Built
Environment

8. Emerald Built
Environment
Building information modelling

9. Searching A Database. . .
* (the asterisk wildcard)
As the name implies, * can be substituted for any number of letters. This is particularly useful to include
all words with a certain term and any suffix after it. Simply apply the asterisk to the end of a term and it
will return all documents containing that term, followed by anything. For example: biostatistic* will find
biostatistician or biostatistics or biostatistical

10. Searching A Database. . .
Quotation Marks: " "
Enclose specific phrases in quotation marks. This will direct the search engine to
search the database for documents containing that exact phrase. If you place
quotes around the phrase, searching for “building information modelling“ it will only
documents with facility and management right beside each other.

11. Google Scholar
Library Databases vs. Google Scholar
• Articles are not necessarily:
• Scholarly (you can filter in library databases)
• Full Text (you may be linked to the publishers website where
they want you to pay)
• Searching is by keyword only:
• You cannot filter by subject or controlled vocabulary
• We don’t know exactly what is in Google Scholar

12. Google Scholar
Off Campus? Click
Setting icon to set your
library links to include
Conestoga resources.
Click Full-Text to access
items available through
Conestoga.

13. Google Scholar
• Think of Google Scholar as a quick look to "see what's out there."
Conestoga offers a variety of journal and eBook databases that
can be more effective when searched individually.
• Relying on just one source is not usually the best search strategy.
You will want to search across relevant databases, varying your
search strategy and taking advantage of the specialized
databases.
• Google Scholar can be a helpful starting point for a search before
you focus you topic and begin looking comprehensively for the
highest quality information.
• Remember, searching within a databases offer search features
that Google Scholar doesn’t.

14. Google Scholar
TIPS:
•Your search results are normally sorted by relevance, not by date. To find newer
articles, try the following options in the left sidebar:
• click "Since Year" to show only recently published papers, sorted by relevance;
• click "Sort by date" to show just the new additions, sorted by date;
•Locating the full text of an article
• Abstracts are freely available for most of the articles. Reading the entire article may
require a subscription. Here're a few things to try:
• Make sure that you click a library link, e.g., "FindIt@Conestoga", to the right of the
search result;
• click a link labeled [PDF] to the right of the search result;
• click "All versions" under the search result and check out the alternative sources;
• click "Related articles" or "Cited by" under the search result to explore similar articles.
• Make sure you add Conestoga so that you have access to our subscriptions
•To perform an advanced search, click on Advanced Scholar Search from the Google
Scholar homepage. The following screen will appear, in which you can specify keywords,
phrases, dates, subject areas, and so forth.

15. More tips for your
Literature Review . . .
• An effective review analyses and synthesizes material, and it should meet the
following requirements: (Caulley, 1992)
• Compare and contrast different authors' views on an issue
• Group authors who draw similar conclusions,
• Note areas in which authors are in disagreement,
• Highlight exemplary studies,
• Identify patterns or trends in the literature
• Highlight gaps in and omissions in previous research or
questions left unanswered
• Conclude by summarizing what the literature says.

16. More tips for your
Literature Review . . .
• VARIETY!
• Books, Journals, Theses, Conference Papers, Government
or Industry Reports
• Reference sources such as dictionaries can assist in
defining terminology, and encyclopedias may be useful in
introducing topics and listing key references.
• REVIEW
• Review literature and analyze.
• You may need to go back to find additional information on
your different sub-topics.

17. More tips for your
Literature Review . . .
Be a critical reader:
The CARS Test
• Credibility Look for believable, well written information that is free
of bias. Locate information about the author(s) and their credentials. How
credible are the authors, what is their level of expertise on this particular
topic.
• Accuracy The information should be up-to-date, clear. You can confirm
accuracy by locating information from a variety of sources. Look for a last
updated date.
• Reasonableness Information should be present objective and
balanced arguments.
• Support Other sources should support the information found. Always
look for a reference list, bibliography or citations demonstrating where the
information came from.

18. More tips for your
Literature Review . . .
Write the literature Review
• Use evidence
• Be selective
• Use quotes sparingly
• Summarize and synthesize
• Keep your own voice
• Use caution when paraphrasing

19. Avoiding Plagiarism
• Keep organized.
• Take good notes – this will help you write your review and
clearly give credit to your sources.
• Look for:
• Major concepts
• Conclusions
• Theories
• Arguments
• How are they the same or different from other literature you have found.
• Citations, Citations, Citations
• Use RefWorks!
• You can add notes to each citation to keep track of where it fits,
etc.

20. Today We…
• Explored Emerald Built Environment and Google
Scholar to focus on ways to advance our searching
skills
• Discussed additional tips for writing our literature
review

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