Today morning we had our second professional practise session. Martha Lee spoke to us about how to successfully research and resource which will really help me with dissertation writing.
Search terms
Boarding your search term will help finding more relevant sources.
Example – Coco Chanel
- French
- Perfume
- Little black dress
- Fashion designer
To get more complex searches use ‘and’ , ‘or’
And Or
Narrow Wider
Databases – good for subject resources
-Design and Applied Arts index is good for Textiles
Useful Image Databases for Art and Design
Journals
Advised to use academic verified
E-journals – BrowZine
-ProQuest dissertations
– British Library Catalogue
-Copac
Old dissertations
-Dspace
-repository.cardiffmet.ac.uk
Web Resources
C urrency
R elevance
A uthority
A ccuracy
P urpose
-Magazines, blogs, social media – This is more for professional practise not dissertation research. More professional > not academic
Business dadabases
– Statista
– Mintel
-Fame – Companies in the UK and Ireland, include contacts and details, good for sending CVs (if need help email Jamie (JFlinch) or Nicola (NHerbers)
Study Guides
Study page > Library services > Textiles
The study portal – Academic skills (academicskills@cardiffmet.ac.uk)
You can send a 500 word sample
Bibliograpthy
!!!!!
Cite them right online – great referencing website
Reflection
I think that today’s professional practise with Martha was very helpful. I had few one to one tutorials with her last year so I knew a lot of information that she was going through however it was a really nice refresher, especially with the upcoming dissertation deadline.
Renata Rzepecka 