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DSS Academic Skills Training Programme
Research Skills – What resource, where and why?
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Research• Research involves:– Clarity around what it is you are trying to research– Broad spectrum online literature search and
research– Visiting physical or online libraries– Reading – Evaluating resources– Quotations and references
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Initial Research
1. Go back to:Your research or essay title
2. What key words? These are the words used for a literature search
3. Do an online literature search, including reviewing UCC’s resources, before you physically enter the library. Do not wander, undirected, up and down the shelves looking for resources
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Broad spectrum online research
• 1st steps– Wikipedia: just to find your feet,
never reference this!– Online dictionaries, encyclopaedias
and reference sources• 2nd steps
– Google scholar– Academic or peer reviewed websites and journals – Relevant depositories of associated sources i.e. Irish State
websites, National Library, Harvard Business School
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Visiting the Library:The Boole (and other) UCC libraries
• Key features:– Online catalogue of print materials including
books, journals, newspapers, – Access to: • UCC subscribed journals & databases• Past exam papers in print and online
– Your library account– Printing and photocopying– Place to focus your mind
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Important UCC Steps
• Open a library account– Your name– Your student number– A password you create (and remember!) yourself
• Benefits?– Off campus access to databases and journals– Can renew books remotely and avoid fines– Can request books be returned – ‘place a hold’
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Reading
• Using your chosen key words - scan read, read conclusion first, check table of contents and index
• If an electronic resource, add your own notes using Onenote, Stickies or ‘Insert comment’ in Word.
• If a PDF, use CTRL and F – text FIND box• If in print, use coloured pens, drawings and
sketches, post it notes (if you trust them to stick), handwritten notes or Mindmaps.
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Evaluating Resources Online
• Literature searches can be done in UCC’s online catalogue, using Google Scholar, other reputable or recommended websites
• Look out for websites ending in .edu or acu.co.uk – these are academic websites.
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Evaluating Resources Print
• Consult your recommended reading lists supplied by your Department. These usually stored in UCC DESK RESERVE
• Check publication dates – these should be relatively recent unless you’re specifically looking for contemporary documents
• Check publisher and author – is it an established academic publisher? How well published and experienced is the author?
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What resources can I use?
Use a wide range of resources to support your essay, for example:– Peer reviewed journal articles– Databases– Recommended reading– Supporting additional material – material from
depositories, Youtube and television documentaries and contemporary documentation (i.e. newspapers, legal and historical documents).
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Documenting my Research• Such broad spectrum research turns
up a whole load of other problems…
How to reference this correctly?
• That’s another can of worms…What referencing system does your department use?
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UCC Catalogue• Accessible on and off campus whether logged into account or not
but certain sections of website need log in– Databases and subscribed journal access– Saving searches
• Searching for materials by:– Keyword– Title – Author– Subject– Call number – Many more
• Use Boolean search terms – And– Not
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Other Important Points
• Desk Reservehttp://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=73
• Booking Study Rooms• Fines • Food, drink, noise and phone calls• Wireless• Study and research help
http://booleweb.ucc.ie/index.php?pageID=48