Essential Guide to Using the Web for Research

Informationen zum Autor Nigel Ford is Professor in the University of Sheffield's Information School. Klappentext Nigel Ford provides readers with the strategies they need when using the internet as part of their research and guides them through the necessary skills needed to independently conduct and evaluate research. Zusammenfassung Nigel Ford provides readers with the strategies they need when using the internet as part of their research and guides them through the necessary skills needed to independently conduct and evaluate research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Why Read This Book? The Book¿s Underlying Rationale Search Tools Covered in this Book Learning and Critical Thinking: The Essentials Learning and Assessment Basics Essential Learning Components Summary Clarifying What Is Required of You Clarifying the Nature of your Assignment Planning your Assignment Summary Finding High-Quality Information Defining ¿Authoritative¿ Information Information Seeking Summary How to Do a Literature Review Initial Explorations Strategies for Finding High-Quality Academic Sources Summary Information Sources and Search Tools Types of information source Types of search tool Summary Mapping Search Approaches and Techniques to Information Needs Directory-Based Browsing and Searching Topic Similarity Searching Document Similarity Searching Filtering Citation Searching Boolean and Other Advanced Search Engine Operators Summary Scholarly Search Tools in Detail When to Use Which Search Tools Google Scholar SciVerse Scopus Web of Knowledge Incorporating Web of Science Summary Transforming Information into Evidence-Based Arguments Making Information ¿Your Own¿ Critically Evaluating Information Validity, Reliability, Objectivity and Generalisability as Critical Tools Developing Your Own Evidence-Based Arguments Summary Presenting Your Evidence Effectively Plagiarism Citing Your Sources Summary Keeping up to Date A New Document is Published on your Topic Documents in Which You Are Interested Are Cited in a Newly Published Document An Author is Cited by a New Document or Publishes a New Document A New Issue of a Journal in which you are Interested is Published A website in Which You Are Interested is Updated Summary Organizing and Sharing Your Information Mendeley Basics Importing Data from Google Scholar and Other Search Tools Adding PDF Files to Your Library Inserting References into Your Work Summary ...

List of contents

Introduction
Why Read This Book?
The Book's Underlying Rationale
Search Tools Covered in this Book
Learning and Critical Thinking: The Essentials
Learning and Assessment Basics
Essential Learning Components
Summary
Clarifying What Is Required of You
Clarifying the Nature of your Assignment
Planning your Assignment
Summary
Finding High-Quality Information
Defining 'Authoritative' Information
Information Seeking
Summary
How to Do a Literature Review
Initial Explorations
Strategies for Finding High-Quality Academic Sources
Summary
Information Sources and Search Tools
Types of information source
Types of search tool
Summary
Mapping Search Approaches and Techniques to Information Needs
Directory-Based Browsing and Searching
Topic Similarity Searching
Document Similarity Searching
Filtering
Citation Searching
Boolean and Other Advanced Search Engine Operators
Summary
Scholarly Search Tools in Detail
When to Use Which Search Tools
Google Scholar
SciVerse Scopus
Web of Knowledge Incorporating Web of Science
Summary
Transforming Information into Evidence-Based Arguments
Making Information 'Your Own'
Critically Evaluating Information
Validity, Reliability, Objectivity and Generalisability as Critical Tools
Developing Your Own Evidence-Based Arguments
Summary
Presenting Your Evidence Effectively
Plagiarism
Citing Your Sources
Summary
Keeping up to Date
A New Document is Published on your Topic
Documents in Which You Are Interested Are Cited in a Newly Published Document
An Author is Cited by a New Document or Publishes a New Document
A New Issue of a Journal in which you are Interested is Published
A website in Which You Are Interested is Updated
Summary
Organizing and Sharing Your Information
Mendeley Basics
Importing Data from Google Scholar and Other Search Tools
Adding PDF Files to Your Library
Inserting References into Your Work
Summary

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Well structured, thorough, accessibly written and presented, Nigel Ford uses lots of charts, diagrams and step-by-step guides to steer the reader... It is primarily targeted at undergraduate and postgraduate students who will definitely find it invaluable when setting out on their dissertations and theses...That said, this guide will prove equally useful for professional researchers in any field...Overall I consider this a very useful and timely book. Indeed I wish I'd seen it many years ago. Its key strengths are its pertinence to researchers' current needs, thoroughness, detailed discussions, accessibility, step by step approach and supply of handy techniques and tips.
Berni Graham
SRA News

Product details

• Authors: Nigel Ford, Ford Nigel, Nigel Ford
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2011
• EAN: 9780857023643
• ISBN: 978-0-85702-364-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); REFERENCE / Research, Internet searching, Research methods: general, COMPUTERS / Internet / Search Engines, Research methods / methodology