Planning Project ARCH 4022 and Planning Research Study (Hons) ARCH 4024
Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment (ITEE)
Introduction
This Assignment Help is designed to help you to find books, journal articles and other documents for your assignments.
ITEE Information Search Methods online workshop
The ITEE Information Search Methods online workshop provides information retrieval and information management skills to enable you to design and implement effective literature search strategies.
Where to Search
You can use your keywords and search plan to search for a variety of information sources. An information source can be a book, journal, conference proceeding, video or DVD, report or web page. The type of information source you need will determine the most suitable place to search.
Catalogue - where you will find details about books, videos/DVDs and
other material
Databases - where you will find details about journal articles and
conference papers and
sometimes the full text of an article
Internet - web pages containing a variety of information about many
different topics.
Library Catalogue
Search the catalogue (opens in new window) for library resources including books, journals, audio-visual (AV)
and website links. The catalogue is essential in any search for information.
For information on searching the catalogue see General
help - catalogue.
Databases
Library databases are indexes to journal articles. If you already know the title of a database, select from the Database Titles list.
The databases you can use will depend on your topic. To find a list of databases on the broad subject area of your topic use the Database Subjects page, or try searching the multidisciplinary databases as they cover a wide range of academic topics.
- Some Database Titles that may be useful - Compendex, ICONDA, Academic Search
Elite, APAFT, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Scopus, SAGE full-text
collections, IngentaConnect.
Informit online provides access to many Australian databases although many databases have some Australian content
- Database Subjects - start with Planning, and then select subjects that relate to your topic, such as, ageing, education, civil engineering, health, media, social policy, social sciences, transport and so on
For more information on databases see Databases and Improving your searching skills
Locating Resources
When you have obtained information about journal articles in databases
and the full text of the article is not available in that database the Find it button may link you to the full text. Refer to the Using Find it guide (PDF 469kb, opens in new window) for more
information.
If this option does not find the full text:
- Identify the type of reference - journal article; book; book chapter; conference paper; thesis
- Identify the source of the reference, for example
- for a journal article the source is the title of the journal
- for a book chapter the source is the title of the book
- for a conference paper the source is the title of the conference
Search the Library catalogue (opens in new window) to find out if the Library holds the source you have found in your search.
Topic guides
There are a range of Resources by Topic which will link you to useful collections of websites and print and online resources in specific subject areas including:
Internet Resources
You may also find suitable academic references for your assignment using an internet search engine.
Google Scholar searches within academic sources on the internet rather than over the whole internet. The internet contains an enormous amount of material and there is no overall quality control on the web. You need to carefully evaluate the websites you find.
Other Resources
Obtaining assistance
- Use the online Help screens
- Use the resources on the Library website
- Use the link Ask the library for assistance
- Ask at the Library desk
- Contact the ITEE Academic Library Services Team by email