A guide to finding and using information Architecture Postgraduate
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A guide to finding and using information
Architecture Postgraduate
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What we’ll look at:
Types of information
Search preparation
Resources
Evaluating websites
Social media
How to store & manage Information
Q & A
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Objectives
To understand how to search for and find a variety of relevant, quality resources Understand the need to evaluate and analyse those resources
GoogleThe leading Internet search company, whose primary business mission is to organize the world's information.
Anyone can write a webpage
Anyone can write/edit a Wikipedia entry
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Types of informationPrimary, Secondary & Tertiary
sources Primary.
Original materials which have not been filtered through interpretation,
condensation, or, often, even evaluation by a
second party.
Original plans of a building
Secondary. Information about primary,
or original, information, which usually has been modified, selected, or
rearranged for a specific purpose or audience
Article critiquing the building
Tertiary.Information which is a
distillation and collection of primary and secondary
sources
Architecture Encyclopaedia with an entry on the building
The types of information that can be considered primary sources may vary depending on the subject discipline, and how you are using the material
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Types of information -decide what you need
Established facts and figures
General information on a topic
Reviews of the literature of a topic
Publications of recent research results
Primary sources – actual documents or scanned images of original texts
Scholarly debates
Reference books- encyclopaedias, ‘companions to’, biographies
Books of collected articles, text books, research monographs, scholarly websites
Journal articlesBooks of collected articles
Journal articlesProceedings of conferences
On-line digitised collections,Library’s Special Collections and Archives.National archive organisationsJournal articles, newspapersWebsites of relevant organisations
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Keyword diagramLiving in a contemporary city
LivingFunctioning
ContemporaryModern
CityBuilt environment
SearchingPreparation is key. Define your topic. What are you trying to find out? What search terms?
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Do a rough & ready initial search on the Library catalogue
Living AND contemporary AND city
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Search results
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Choose item(s) – click on ‘more information’
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Generate keywords / approach to topic
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Keyword diagramLiving in a contemporary city
LivingLife
Functioning
Compare cities
ContemporaryModernFuture
Tomorrow
CityConurbation / Urban / Sprawl
Town / streetBuilt environment
Eco - housing
Return to keyword grid
Compare architects?
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Reference works
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Now have basic :KeywordsStructureApproach
Next step : relationship between keywords
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Relationships between your keywords (Boolean searching)
City AND Green
City OR urban
City NOT American
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Search tips
Truncation :environ*environs
environmentenvironmental
Wild card : Wom?n
Globali?ation
“Search for a phrase” in quotation marks
Databases offer help pages, video tutorials, webinars
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Record what you findRecord what you find
Make sure you have enough detail to find the information againAlways record:
Source used and the date you used itSearches undertaken and results found
• Keywords used, date range searched, location of materialFull bibliographic details of the material found
• This will help you with your referencing bibliography
Take a photocopy of the title page
Record search strategies
Be flexible – review searches
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Remember to:-
Plan ahead
May need to plan:
Inter-Library loansVisits to archivesInterviews
Keep up to dateMay want to set up:RSS feedsSet up alerts in databases
RSS is a way for websites to distribute their content. With Feeds you can authorize a website to send you their updates on a regular basis, directly to your email’s inbox, your favourite news reader and even your cell phone.This is a great way for you to keep track of your favourite websites without having to go to them, if you subscribe for their feed, their newest content comes to you.