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DECO3008
Searching the Research Literature
Fekete A. (2008). INFO4990: Information Technology Research Methods, Searching in the Research Literature
http://www.cs.usyd.edu.au/~info4990/2007s1/lectures/LiteratureSearch.pdf
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Why?
“If I have seen further,
it is only because I have
stood on the shoulders
of giants”
attributed to Sir Isaac Newton
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Why?
so as not to repeat what exists
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Why?
● demonstrate that you know field
● justifies your research
● how work differs from previous work
● how work connects to previous work
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The Literature
● helps in finding research problem
● identify gap in knowledge
● can help solve a problem
● help find a method
● provide quotable evidence
● demonstrates importance
e.g. “our performance is better than [Cite]”
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Reading the Literature
● keep annotated bibliography
● complete incl pages and dates
● detailed notes on each work
● use original sources
● don’t rely on second hand summaries
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Referencing
● use tools
● e.g. EndNote
● be accurate
● precisely as in published paper
● title – author
● don’t abbreviate etc
● use standard formats
● e.g. APA
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Getting a Paper
● libraries
● inter-library
● ask Librarian
● from author
● online
● Online catalogues
● Publisher’s site
● Google Scholar
● Citeseer (scientific)
● just Google
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Web References
● for work only on Web
● as distinct from finding a copy on the Web
● referencing
● URL
● date accessed (Web information can change)
● author, title
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Finding Papers
● supervisor
● will point you to some
● searching
● by topic
● links from references
● asking in community
● community publications
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Communities
● targeting work
● work should be targeted at a community
● decide on community
● look at authors
● find their websites
● look at their students
● current projects
● conference / journals
● especially recent
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Referencing Styles
“To understand the underlying elements of design creativity, researchers concerned about design
and cognitive processes have analyzed design processes under various experimental conditions
(Goldschmidt, 1991; Finke et al., 1992; Goel, 1995; Cross, 1997; Kavakli and Gero, 2001; Van der
Lugt, 2001; Badke-Schaub, 2004; Bonnardel and Marmeche, 2004, 2005; Goldschmidt and Tatsa,
2005; Kvan and Gao, 2006).”
References
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Bonnardel, N. and Marmeche, E. (2004). Evocation processes by novice and expert designers:
towards stimulating analogical thinking, Creativity and Innovation management, 13(3):176-186.
Bonnardel, N. and Marmeche, E. (2005). …
Cross, N. (1997)….
Finke, R. A., Ward, T. B. and Smith, S. M. (1992). Creative cognition: theory, research, and
application, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
Goel, V. (1995). …
Kvan, T. and Gao, S. (2006). A comparative study of problem framing in multiple settings, in
Proceedings of Design Computing and Cognition ’06, J.S. Gero (ed.), Springer, Dordrecht, The
Netherlands, pp.245-263.
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Referencing Styles
“To understand the underlying elements of design creativity, researchers concerned about design
and cognitive processes have analyzed design processes under various experimental conditions 1-11.”
References
1. Goldschmidt, G. (1991). The dialectics of sketching, Creative Research Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2,
pp.122-143.
2. Finke, R. A., Ward, T. B. and Smith, S. M. (1992). Creative cognition: theory, research, and
application, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
3. Goel, V. (1995). …
4. Cross, N. (1997)….
5. Kavakli, M. and Gero, J.S.(2001). …
6. Van der Lugt, R. (2001). Sketching in design idea generation meetings, PhD Thesis, Delft
University of Technology, The Netherlands.
7. Badke-Schaub, P. (2004).
8. …
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