For year 1 Sport & Exercise Rehabilitation students at Middlesex University 2017-18

1. Literature
searching
and reviews
SES1244 30/10/2017

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Today we are going to cover...
• What are academic journals and where can
you find them?
• Searching for literature for your Literature
Review (Assignment 4)
• Using Cite Them Right, your online
referencing guide

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Assignment 4 – Literature Review
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So what is a journal anyway?

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Types of information
Task 1:
1. Each group will be given a pack of cards
2. The cards contain the names of 4 different
resources
3. Match together the correct: Resource Type +
Definition + “Good for” + “Not so good for”
Time: 5 mins

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Journals
What are they:
A regular publication containing
articles on a particular academic
subject.
Presents new research.
Good for:
Latest research,
critically reviewed by experts
Not so good for:
Broad overview of a subject

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Finding resources
myUniHub > My Study > My Library
Go to My Study…
My Library
Select Summon – search
for books, journal articles
and more…
Login to
MyUniHub

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Keywords - What are the main things we need to find
information on?
Narrow it down /
broaden it out
Are there other
words you could
add to the topic or
use instead of
‘sports massage’?

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OR
• Therapeutic massage
• Massage therapy
• Soft tissue therapy / massage /
manipulation
• Deep tissue massage
• Manual/physical therapy…
For…
• Recovery
• Rehabilitation
• (Improving) performance
• Preventing injuries
• Specific injuries?
• Muscle soreness / pain
/discomfort
• Circulatory / musculo-skeletal
effects
Who?
Sports
massage
• Specific sports?
• Groups of athletes:
•Age?
•Gender?
•Level – elite etc?
•When? E.g. pre/post event

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Refine your search
 Full text online
Scholarly &
peer review
 Journal
Articles only
 Date range
 Discipline,
e.g. recreation &
sports

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Over to you
• Search Summon for some sources for your
assignment - try and focus it on something
that interests you
• Use the tips on the handout to refine your
results
• Save or print articles that look useful

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If you have too many results...
• Add more keywords (narrow it down)
• Be more specific (sprinting vs. running)
• Use phrases (“sports massage”)
• Add limits, e.g. date

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If you do not have enough results...
• Use synonyms (football or soccer)
• Be less specific (team sports vs. basketball)
• Split the question into single concepts/words
• Try variations of the same word, e.g. swim, swimmers,
swimming

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Referencing - easy marks!
Marking criteria
1-4 5-8 9-12 13-16 17-20
References:
Reference to
sources
including
directions for
further study
Broad and
relevant
readings
examined
and used
selectively in
the work
Good range of
appropriate
references used
during the review
Conventional
references
and readings
used within
the review
Adequate but
limited use of
references
during review
Review relies on
none or one
reference.
Evidence of
unexamined
personal opinion

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Referencing guide – Cite Them Right
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MyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Referencing

16. Task 3: Using Cite Them Right…
Write a full reference for this article

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Referencing
• Delextrat, A., Calleja-González, J., Hippocrate, A. &
Clarke, N.D. (2013) ‘Effects of sports massage and
intermittent cold-water immersion on recovery from
matches by basketball players’, Journal of Sports
Sciences, 31(1), pp.11-19
• In text citation: (Delextrat et al., 2013)

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My Subject – library guides
(in MyUniHub > My Study > My Library)
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Need help?
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• UniHelp – in person, online, by phone
• Librarians in the Study Hub (1st floor of the library)
Monday – Friday 9-5
• LET drop-in help 12-3 Monday-Friday, Study Hub
• SES ‘My Subject’ Guide
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/sport
• Ask!