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Literature Reviews

A literature review is part of the introduction to an essay, research report, or thesis. It provides an overview and critical analysis of relevant published scholarly articles, research reports, books, theses etc on the topic or issue to be investigated.

See the  Kevin St Library guide Getting started with literature reviews, the textbooks at 808.042 in Bookstack 10 or some of the following links:

Databases

 Databases for Postgraduates & Researchers

Journal Citation Reports Proquest Dissertations & Theses: Worldwide
Incites Research Analytics SCOPUS (impact factors and metrics)

 Subject Databases for Computing

Academic Search Complete IEEE Xplore Digital Library Royal Society Archive
ACM Digital Library* MathSci Net Science Direct

Standards IS, EN  & ISO

IOP Science Web of Knowledge
  • To access the fulltext databases from outside the DIT network see the Off Campus Access link 
  • *NB Please note the ACM Digital Library core subscription includes full-text access to ACM journals and transactions, but not ACM conference proceedings, letters etc. See the Fulltext Options section below for more inforrmation.
  • See also the full DIT Library database subscription listing

Search Engines

SearchAll/ Summon@DIT

What does SearchAll/ Summon@DIT search? It is a search engine that provides relevance ranked results from DIT Library's online collections in a one single search. It includes records and citations from the DIT Library catalogue, databases, eJournals, eBooks and theses collections.

SearchAll/ Summon@DIT and Google Scholar search different bodies of scholarly content. There is overlap, but there is content in Summon not in Google Scholar, and vice-versa. Results in Summon are reflective of DIT Library's collections. As a registered DIT Library patron, you have access to most full-text you can find in SearchAll/ Summon.

Google Scholar

Some features unique to Google Scholar:

  • Cited by information e.g. “Cited by 43 publications"
  • Google Books content
  • Issues accessing full-text not subscribed to by DIT Library. See Inter Library Loans for more information.
  • Set your Google Scholar Preferences to Dublin Institute of Technology Find @DIT to link to DIT subscribed full-text.
  • For more information see the Kevin St Library guide How to use Google Scholar

Science Search Engines

eJournals

eBooks

  • Browse via the eBook link -  most of the computing texts are in the NetLibrary section. Or carry out a specific title search on the Library Catalogue and click on the ebook content links.

Fulltext Options & Other Academic Libraries

  • If DIT journal subscriptions do not cover the articles you require you may apply for an Inter Library Loan.
  • Alternatively postgraduates may apply for an ALCID and / or a SCONUL card to visit another academic library
  • To search other academic library catalogues for titles not held in DIT Library click here.

Subject Links

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Open Access Resources

What is Open Access?  

  • Open Access is unrestricted access to online scholarly information via digital and institutional repositories.

Advantages of Open Access:

  • Greater visibility and impact of research
  • Increased opportunity for collaboration and innovation via the digital environment
  • Easier and faster access to research information than traditional publishing

Information about Open Access:

Open Access Science Resources

Institutional Repositories

 Arrow : DIT's theses & publications RIAN : Irish Research Portal
 DART-Europe E-Thesis Portal : full text research theses from 276 unis OpenAire : Research in Europe
 ROAR : Registry of Open Access Repositories (international) Sherpa & OpenDoar IR directories

Current Awareness & Professional Networking

Journal article/ author aggregator tools help you keep up with research trends and new publications in your subject area. Use one or more to get automated and personalised updates on your topic or key authors:

Researcher Profiles can help you create, maintain and raise awareness of your academic profile as well as collaborate and share:

Research Metrics & Impact Factors

Amongst the most commonly used bibiometric measures used to assess the impact of a particular journal publication are Impact factor, Eigenfactor and SCImago  The impact of a specific reseacher and article can be measured by h-index, e-index and Times Cited (amongst others).  Some tools to assist with this are:

The MyRI etutorial is a good place to get started. Designed by Irish academic library staff it provides an introduction to bibliometrics as well as advanced use of impact factors and related tools.

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Referencing, Citing & Endnote

Citing and referecing the information sources used in research is essential to avoid plagiarism. Each subject has its own citation style and the School of Computing often uses the Numeric Citation Style or the Harvard Citation Style (author/date)

See the introductory Numeric Style Guide, the  Harvard Referencing Guide (DIT Library Kevin St)) or check with your supervisor for an appropriate template for your work.

Journal Abbreviations

Abbreviated journal titles may be required depending on the citation style used. Some useful tools which 'translate' the full journal title into the abbreviated version are:

    1. All that JAS
    2. Web of Science Journals

Bibliographic citation software

Various freeware options enable you to store, manage and share your references using a choice of citation styles:

Information Skills Help

  • Kevin St Library Information Skills Guides

Summer Services

Kevin St Library offers the following services to postgraduates during the months of July & August.

Contacts

Information Literacy: Julie de Foubert
Information Desk : 01-402-4894

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