Resources for Computing Postgraduates

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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
Proquest Dissertations & Theses: UK & Ireland Papers Invited

 Subject Databases for Computing

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

NSAI IS & ISO Standards

 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

Summon

What does Summon search? Summon 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's databases, eJournals eBooks and theses collections.

Summon 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 DIT Library patron, you have access to most full-text you can find in 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.

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 containing the fulltext of DIT's theses & publications RIAN Irish Research Portal: from 7 unis & DIT 
 DART-Europe E-Thesis Portal : full text research theses from 276 unis Research Scope : TARA, LENUS & RCSI
 ROAR : Registry of Open Access Repositories Sherpa & OpenDoar IR directories

Current Awareness & Professional Networking

Register with a selection of these collaborative tools to keep up with research trends. See also the Kevin St Library Keeping research up-to-date guide:

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 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.

See also the Kevin St Library introductory guide Bibliometrics & Research


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 Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences often uses the Numeric Style. See the introductory Numeric Style Guide or check with your supervisor.

Bibliographic citation software allows you to store, organise and share your references using a choice of citation style. 

Information Skills Help

Summer Services

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

Contacts

Information Literacy: Julie de Foubert
Inter Library Loans: Tina Hayes
Information Desk : 01-402-4894

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