LibGuides: IOCT: Useful Websites

Finding Thesis

DMU Archives holds a small collection of theses from the IOCT MSc in Creative Technologies, dating from 2008-2012. Students are welcome to visit the Archive to view this collection. Information about our opening times and contact details can be found here.

If you are looking for a Thesis written by a DMU student search on the DMU library catalogue or DORA.

EThOS - The Electronic Theses Online Service This link opens in a new window
A database of theses provided by the British Library allowing users to search, access and download British theses. Register with site for free access.

Dart Europe
Collection of downloadable thesis from European Universities

Finding Open Access Research

DORA
De Montfort Open Research Archive (DORA) is De Montfort University’s research repository. It forms the primary public and institutional record of DMU research outputs.
OpenDOAR
OpenDOAR lets you search for repositories or search repository contents.
BASE
BASE is a search engines especially for academic open access web resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.
CORE
CORE aims to facilitate free access to content stored across Open Access repositories.
DOAB- Directory of Open Access Books
5011 Academic peer-reviewed books from 158 publishers
DOAJ- Directory of Open Access Journals
DOAJ is an online directory that provides access to over 9,500 quality open access, peer-reviewed journals

Examples of searches.

Two short films you can use to help you search for resources through the web.

Using Google for academic study
Short film (about 8 minutes) about linking different searches in Google, Google Scholar and the library home page.
Step by step literature search.
Short film (about 11 mins) taking you through a search for books and journal articles.

Evaluating Information

Wherever you get your information from it is important that you evaluate the quality of the information. There are many factors that you need to consider when assessing the quality of the information, such as currency, the authority of the writer ...

Here is a link to the Information Source Evaluation Matrix (click on picture), a useful guide that takes you through the factors you need to consider to assess the quality of information you are relying on.

IOCT: Useful Websites

Finding Thesis

Finding Open Access Research

Examples of searches.

Evaluating Information

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