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YOUR GUIDE TO FYP RESEARCH

AY2019/20, SEMESTER 1NUS LIBRARIES

PATSY CHIA & PATRICK PU

Where to get slides

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/engine

How will this session help you?

Introduction

Literature Review

Method

Results

Discussions

Conclusion

Recommendations for future work

Reference List

PROJECT REPORT FORMAT

1. Conduct a good literature review EFFICIENTLY

2. Create an accurate & formatted reference list EASILY

3. Pick up additional tools and tips

01

Part 1

Conduct a good literature review EFFICIENTLY

What does it take to do a good literature review?

Scope your topic

Be very clear of your information

needs

Use appropriate

resources

Know whatresources to use and where to find them

Learn & apply search

techniques

Know how to search well to find

what you need

Use credible & author-itative information

Discern and use credible and authoritative

information

IDEATE SEARCH EVALUATE

IdeateScope your topic

Scoping by QUESTIONING

Questioning

Thomas Kuhn

Voltaire

QUESTIONS ARE CENTRAL TO LEARNING

5W1H

Class Participation 1

Goto Kahoot.it

5W1H

Questions Asked 5W1H To Find Out…

• What is XYZ?• What is the latest research in XYZ?• What is the different between XYZ and ABC?• What is the critical requirements to be

considered in XYZ?

What Definition, description,examples

• Who are the top researchers in XYZ?• Who in NUS is working on XYZ?• Which organizations are researching XYZ?• Which authorities are ensuring the

compliance with international standards in XYZ?

Who Stakeholders, experts, peopleinvolved, influencers, decision makers, authorities, etc.

5W1H

Questions Asked 5W1H To Find Out…

• When was the first development in XYZ?Since then, what happened in XYZ?

• What were the development in XYZ over the years?

• What factors drove a spike in research at this time for XYZ?

When Development through time,time and frequency ofoccurrence

• Where to apply XYZ?• Which countries are leading XYZ industry?• Which country is focusing in

commercializing XYZ technology?

Where Country, market, environmentin which it occurs

5W1H

Questions Asked 5W1H To Find Out…

• Why should the lack of XYZ impact the production of ABC?

• Why safety requirements are important in XYZ?

• What are the drivers or motivations for XYZ research?

Why Reasons, justifications,motivations

• How is XYZ research applied? • What are the technical details of XYZ

technology? • How was XYZ applied in ABC industry?• How does the international standards affect

the system design of XYZ?

How Applications, process,methods, techniques,technologies, tools used

Class Participation 2

1. Download worksheet @

http://bit.ly/fypworksheet2019

2. Ask as many questions as you can

Design Thinking

INNOVATION

Design Thinking

People• Will people like it?• Will this creation improve

people’s life?• What makes sense to

people and for people?

Technology• Can we make it?• Is it feasible to produce?• What is functionally

possible within the foreseeable future?

Business• Can it be economically

viable?• Does it make business

sense?• What is likely to become

part of a sustainable business model?

“An approach to creative problem solving;a human-centered path to innovation”

Design Thinking + 5W1H

INNOVATION

Design Thinking

5W1H

5W1H

5W1H

S.M.A.R.T.

UNSURE??

Always check with your

supervisor/department

Questioning

Ask as MANY questions you can

Ask questions with a PURPOSE

Draw INSIGHTS from questions and

answers

Ask MORE questions when answers are

FOUND

QUESTIONING

INCREASEyour understanding

& knowledge of the topic

Search & Evaluateuse appropriate resources

learn & apply search techniques

use credible & authoritative information

Google, Google Scholar

Easy to use

Can find information from many sources (e.g. news, government sites, blogs,

forums, etc.)

Limited control over search results Need to check & evaluate information

Limited control over search results Other times, no full-text or asked topay for access

Gives scholarly literature (e.g. academic articles, theses, abstracts, online university repositories, etc.)

Sometimes free access to full text

Research Databases

Search through scholarly materials written by scholars and researchers around the world

Scopus

• Multidisciplinary database

• Wide range of academic sources

• Updated daily

• Contains review articles

Recommended browsers to access databases:

Sample Topic

Develop a bioelectronic device to promote nerve regeneration

https://youtu.be/BoOlL5LPb7o

Accessing Scopus

Recommended browsers to access databases:

http://lib.nus.edu.sg/

Go to Library Portal

Scopus: Search #1

Develop a bioelectronic device to promote nerve regeneration

bioelectronic, nerve regenerationIdentify keywords from topic

Class Participation 3

1. Give your answers at

2. Enter code shown on screen

menti.com

Improve your search

Develop a bioelectronic device to promote nerve regeneration

Find synonyms/alternative keywords

bioelectric

bioelectronic nerve regeneration

neuroregenerationneural stimulation

Use truncation toretrieve variantsof a word

bioelectronic*

bioelectric*

neuroregenerat*

Use phrase search n.a. “nerve regeneration” , “neural stimulation”

bioelectronic, bioelectronics, etc. neuroregenerate , neuroregeneration, neuroregenerative

bioelectric, bioelectrics, bioelectricity,

bioelectrical, etc.

Improve your search

bioelectronic nerve regeneration

Develop a bioelectronic device to promote nerve regeneration

Use Boolean operators

OR

AND

connects all keywords describing same concept; will broaden search

bioelectronic* OR bioelectric* “nerve regeneration” OR “neural stimulation”OR neuroregenerat*

connects keywords describing different concepts; will narrow search

(bioelectronic* OR bioelectric*) AND (“nerve regeneration” OR “neural stimulation” OR neuroregenerat*)

Scopus: Search #2

Search statement(bioelectronic* OR bioelectric*) AND (“nerve regeneration”

OR “neural stimulation” OR neuroregenerat*)

Develop a bioelectronic device to promote nerve regeneration

Class Participation 4

1. Give your answers at

2. Enter code shown on screen

menti.com

Post-search: Learning Points

Few results ≠ few articles published

Use suitable keywords for searching

1.

2.

3. Improve search results by improving your searching skills use basic search techniques

Scopus: Search page

Select fields you want to search in

Impose additional limits to your search, e.g.• Date range• Document type• Access type

Scopus: Sort results

Select to sort results by Relevance or Cited by

What does “Cited By” means?

Citation count = 3

Citing articles

Scopus: Refine results

Refine your search results using filters, e.g.• year• author• document type• subject and more…

Scopus: Find review articles

Under Document type, click “Review”

Scopus: Keywords

Under Keyword, click “View more”, then “View all”

Scopus: Document record

Check date for CurrencyCheck Relevance by reading title, abstract and full-text

Check Authoritativeness

Check Purpose by accessing and reading full text

Scopus: Document record

Check references for Accuracy

Scopus: Find similar/related documents

See citing documents…

Scopus: Find similar/related documents

… and related documents

Scopus: Save / Export records

Mark results, then click on any of these options

to save or export

Video tutorials on Scopus

• Video - How to conduct a basic search

Watch these video tutorials as a recap:

• Video - How to save searches and set alerts

Evaluation criteria: CRAAP

• When was the information published?

• Is the information current for your topic?Currency

• Is the information relevant to your topic?

• To what extent does it answer your research question?

• Who is the intended target audience?Relevance

• Who is/are the author(s) and what are their credentials? (Check institutional affiliations etc.)Authority

• Can you verify the accuracy of the information?

• Is it supported by evidence (reference list)? Accuracy

• What is the author’s intent for writing that information? Is it to inform? teach? sell? entertain? persuade?

• Are there biases? Purpose

https://youtu.be/_M1-aMCJHFg

https://library.csuchico.edu/help/source-or-information-good

Class Participation 5

1. Go to

2. Enter game PIN shown on screen

kahoot.it

Engineering Village (EV)

• Engineering-specific database (covers > 190 engineering subject areas)

• Search multiple databases in a single interface (Compendex, Inspec, NTIS, GeoBase)

Recommended browsers:

EV: Compendex & Inspec

Inspec(by Institute of Engineering

and Technology)

Compendex(largest engineering

database in the world)

(Factsheet from Elsevier)

(Diagram from Elsevier)

EV: Filter by Physical Property

Watch video

Select the measurement e.g. time, size, temperature, frequency, electric current etc.

Select range e.g. between, > , = , < etc.

Select unit of your choice for that measurement

EV: Filter by Physical Property

Example : find records with size < 100 nanometers (nm)

EV: Thesaurus

controlled term

EV: Thesaurus

Autonomous vehicles

Result 1

Title: …driverless cars...Abstract: ….

Controlled termAutonomous vehicles

Result 4

Title: …Abstract: …self-driving cars…

Controlled termAutonomous vehicles

Result 3

Title: …Abstract: …robot cars…

Controlled termAutonomous vehicles

Result 2

Title: …autonomous cars…Abstract: …

Controlled termAutonomous vehicles

EV: Thesaurus

Autonomous vehicles

Result 1

Title: …driverless cars...Abstract: ….

Controlled termAutonomous vehicles

Result 4

Title: …Abstract: …self-driving cars…

Controlled termAutonomous vehicles

Result 3

Title: …Abstract: …robot cars…

Controlled termAutonomous vehicles

Result 2

Title: …autonomous cars…Abstract: …

Controlled termAutonomous vehicles

MISS

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/engine

Other Databases: Engineering Subject Guide

Looking for other kinds of data?

Selected DatabasesProtocols & Experiments Safety

Chemical & Physical

Properties

Phase Diagrams

SpectraChemical Reactions

Springer Nature Experiments

SpringerMaterials

Alloy Phase Diagrams Centre

PDF-4+ (XRD)

Reaxys

SciFinder

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

Standards/Patents/Statistics

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/standards

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/patents

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/stats

Standards

Patents

Statistics

Introduction

Literature Review

Method

Results

Discussions

Conclusion

Recommendations for future work

Reference List

PROJECT REPORT FORMAT

1. Conduct a good literature review EFFICIENTLY

2. Create an accurate & formatted reference list EASILY

01

Part 2

Create an accurate & formatted reference list EASILY

Why Cite?

Avoid plagiarism

Be a responsible scholar

Prove that you have done your proper research

1.

2.

3.

Others can trace your sources

4.

Reference Managers

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/zotero

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/mendeley

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/endnote

Reference Managers Workshops

https://j.mp/RU_ABOUT

Citation styles

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/citation

01

Part 3

Additional tools & tips

When to use this?

When you are prompted to pay for accessing an article link referred by Google or other external websites

#1 - Proxy Bookmarklet

BEFORE

Conditions:

Use only on webpages showing a journal or an article

If NUS Libraries have subscribed the article

#1 - Proxy Bookmarklet

AFTER

Where & How to install?

Instructions are browser-specific

#1 - Proxy Bookmarklet

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/findfulltext/proxybookmark

#2 – Find It! @NUS Libraries

FULL TEXT!

When to use this?

When you search in Google Scholar and some results do not have full-text or prompt you to pay

#2 - Find It! @NUS Libraries

BEFORE

Conditions:

AFTER

#2 – Find It! @NUS Libraries

In Google Scholar If NUS Libraries have

subscribed the article

Where & How to install?

#2 – Find It! @NUS Libraries

http://libguides.nus.edu.sg/findfulltext/findit

#3 – Locating Hard Copies

No soft copy of the article?

Search the library catalogue e.g. LINC to find the print journal

Visit the library and browse thejournal to find

the article

http://libfaq.nus.edu.sg/faq/71271

#4 – Document Delivery Service (DDS)

Need an article/book chapter/conference paper but not

found in the library?

DOCUMENTDELIVERY SERVICE

No soft or hard copy?

We pay for you!

http://libfaq.nus.edu.sg/faq/71271

Summary

Scoping 5W1H Design Thinking

Search Scopus Engineering Village Other resources - libguides

Evaluate C.R.A.A.P test

Conduct a good literature review

Why cite?Reference managersCitation Styles

Create an accurate and formatted reference list

01 02 03

Proxy BookmarkletFind It! @ NUS LibrariesLocate hard copyDocument Delivery Service

(DDS)

Additional Tools & Tips

Thank you! Your feedback is greatly appreciated

PATSY CHIApatsychia@nus.edu.sg

PATRICK PUpatrick.pu@nus.edu.sg