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SES3330 literature searching for research projects and literature reviews 2015
- 1. Literature searching for Research Projects / Literature Reviews BSc Sport & Exercise Rehabilitation October 2015
- 2. © Middlesex University Today • Refresh and review literature searching strategies and sources • Full text and citation searching • What would you like to cover? Presentation title | 2
- 3. © Middlesex University Starting your search Think about: • Areas of interest • Keywords • Scope of subject
- 4. © Middlesex University Keywords • Brainstorm – it will save you time later! • Searching one word for your concept will not necessarily bring you all the results! And sometimes none. Not everyone uses the same terminology for one idea. • Can use the worksheet if you like (also helps you organise how to combine the terms with ‘AND’ or ‘OR’)
- 5. © Middlesex University stretching • Stretch* • Flexibility / flexible • Pliability • “Range of motion” • Warm up / cool down etc muscle soreness • Sore* • Muscle pain / cramps / contraction • Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) after exercise • Post-exercise • Physical activity • Specific? Is stretching effective in preventing or reducing muscle soreness after exercise? Specific types • Specific groups of athletes •Age? •Gender? •Level – elite etc?
- 7. © Middlesex University • Search for phrases (“”): eg. “anterior cruciate ligament” • Broaden your search (*): eg. swim* (finds swim, swimmer, swimmers, swimming etc) Search tips
- 8. © Middlesex University • Widen your search eg. Strapping OR taping OR bracing • Narrow your search eg. Rehabilitation AND Ankle Search tips
- 9. © Middlesex University Getting full text of journal articles • Regardless of where you’re searching…be logged into myUniHub and click on a My Library/My Study link first • If you’re not lucky… REMEMBER – it won’t always be directly available to you – especially for dissertations • Double-check (library catalogue/Summon) • Google Scholar • Authors’ & institutions’ websites • Researcher networks (e.g. ResearchGate), contacting authors • Inter-Library Loans
- 10. © Middlesex University Citation indexes • Which articles have cited an earlier article • Find articles on similar/related subject • How many times an article has been cited • Best journals in your field
- 11. © Middlesex University Citation searching • Allows you to move forwards and backwards in the literature • Use Google Scholar, Summon or Science Citation Index
- 12. © Middlesex University Science Citation Index
- 13. © Middlesex University Need help? • Librarians in the Study Hub (1st floor of Sheppard Library) 9-5 Mon-Fri • Ask a Librarian https://unihelp.mdx.ac.uk/askalibrarian • SES Library Subject Guide – Jo’s contact details and presentations/helpsheets http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/sport
- 14. © Middlesex University Getting Full text of journal articles 14 • Troubleshooting guide can be found here — http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/accessingelectronicresources • If you’re not lucky… REMEMBER – it won’t always be directly available to you – especially for the dissertation — Double check the library catalogue by copying journal name into the ‘journal search’. If we have it there’ll be a record and a link with the dates we have access to. — Go to Google Scholar and look for PDF signs — Search for Author’s website/institution’s repository, often they have uploaded a pre-publication version — ResearchGate, Academia.edu… — Emailing authors — Order a copy via the inter-library loan service (you’ll be emailed with a link to a PDF) (£3.00 added to your library account) http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/resources/ill/index.aspx
Editor's Notes
- Breaking down concepts, similar terms, narrower terms. The narrower terms come in useful if you are inundated with results. What are my 3 concepts? Where are the synonyms? Where are narrower terms?
- Which articles have cited an earlier article ie. Way of looking forward in the literature-if have found excellent article, can use a citation index to see which articles have subsequently cited it Find articles on similar/related subjects: Citation implies subject relationship, so can find papers on a similar topic without using any keywords or subject terms Find out how many times a paper has been cited ie. gauge the usefulness/quality. esteem of a paper Determine which are the best journals in your field: citation data used to rank journals within particular subject areas…..useful way of seeing how journals perform in relation to others in the same subject area
- Using reference lists too.
- Citation data and journal citation reports available from Web of Science (Knowledge). Have a look on Web of Science: Citation info Journal Citation Reports
- Mention that they can make appointments through LibGuide