Transcript Information Skills for Computer Scientists

Information Skills for
Computer Scientists
June 2007
Approaching your project
• Scope
• Construct a strategy
• Locate and access information
• Compare and evaluate
• Organise
Search strategy
comput*
AND
OR
processor
program?
OR
software
• bytecode NOT “native machine code”
• system WITHIN 3 operati*
AND
Java
OR
Oak
Resources
• Books/ e-books
• Journals/ ejournals
• E-prints
• Statistics/data
tables
• Theses
• Newspapers
• Internet pages
• Conference
proceedings
• Patents
• Academics &
librarians
Library web pages
• www.durham.ac.uk/library
• Catalogue – keyword search
• Don’t forget reserves and recalls apply
over the vacation
• Online information resources
• Subject information pages
– Key resources
Journals
Bordewich, M., Freedman, M., Lovász, L. &
Welsh, D. (2005) Approximate counting and
quantum computation. Combinatorics, probability
and computing 14(5-6) pp. 737-754
Burd, E.L., 'The Single Ultimate Source', Quality
journal, Vol 7, June, 2001, pp 1-100
Catalogue search
Databases
• Access from Subject Information Pages
• Search multiple journals at one time
• Find related records/ citation search
• Specific scope: Computer Abstracts
Broad scope: Web of Knowledge
Websites
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Who is the author?
Is the material biased?
Who is hosting this web page?
When was it posted or last updated?
Is there a bibliography or further
references?
• Always use Gateways first
• Online tutorials available
Other resources
• E-prints – arXiv
• Conference papers – ISI Proceedings
• Standards and Patents
• News – Infotrac
Access beyond Durham
• Visiting other libraries and archives
– check before you go
– ID
• UK Libraries Plus (reference)
SCONUL Vacation Access
• Document Delivery Service
References and bibliographies
• ALWAYS keep a full and accurate record
of your information sources
• Use the Library Catalogue to e-mail
references for saving
• Avoid plagiarism
Where to go for help
• Academic Support Team:
Richard Pears and Laura Jeffrey
• Enquiries Desk on Level 2, Main Library
• Enquiry service:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/using/enquiries
Hands on
• Search grid
• Online tutorials: catalogue, Computer
Abstracts, Web of Knowledge, arXiv
• Bibliography
• http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/compsci/
Suggested topics
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Human Animation Motion Retrieval
Feed Scraper
Algorithms for graph colouring
Speech Synthesis for Poetry Reading
SAT Solving
Intelligent Internet Agents
Compiler Optimization
Web Service for Component-Based Software
Engineering
• Tools to Support Education
Please fill in online evaluation
www.survey.bris.ac.uk/durham/compsci3