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Module 4: further information and resources
  This module is intended as a collection of information which extends and supports the information contained in the other three modules. It includes a bibliography and will have a collection of WWW links which do not fit easily into the other modules. The idea is that this section will be added to as and when resources are discovered. 

Bibliography

 This (hopefully expanding) bibliography will provide details of relevant literature in information skills and some background material, as well as details of texts referred to in this course.

Ellis, D. (1993). Modelling the information seeking patterns of academic researchers: a grounded theory approach. Library Quarterly, (63) 469-486.
A study of how academics - largely in science - look for information. The model developed was tested and extended in the study below.

Ellis, D & Haugan, M. (1997). Modelling the information seeking patterns of engineers and research scientists in an industrial environment. Journal of Documentation 53((4) Sept) 384-403.
Interesting look at how engineers find information in a realistic working situation.

Orna, E., with Stevens, G. (1995) Managing Information for Research. Buckingham: Open University Press.
A useful practical approach which puts information at the centre of the research process.

Marchionini, G (1995). Information Seeking in Electronic Environments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
A specialist text, but provides an excellent framework for understanding the complex mixture of activities involved in information-seeking.

Barry, C.A. (1997). Information skills for an electronic world: Training doctoral research students. Journal Of Information Science, 23(3), 225-238.
Some background material.

Mildren, K & Hicks, P. (eds.): Information Sources in Engineering (3rd ed.). London: Bowker-Saur.
A standard reference for engineering information.

Oppenheim, C. (1996). Patents and Patent information. In: Mildren, K & Hicks, P. (eds.): Information Sources in Engineering (3rd ed.). London: Bowker-Saur.

Ian Winship and Alison McNab (1998) The Student's Guide to the Internet 1998/99.  2nd edition. London: .]

Web sites

 To be a collection of sites with material on information skills, plus sites of significance to engineering researchers.

This is for completists only - it describes a collection of 125 criteria for web-site evaluation, and gives a categorised and ranked list of these criteria. A simpler set of criteria will be added to the WWW unit in Module 2.

The database tables

 Glasgow and Strathclyde libraries both have tables on their WWW sites which give details of all the databases currently held at each location, including password arrangements, service provider, access details, and license arrangements:

Glasgow

Strathclyde
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