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AEA august coffeebreak presentation
- 1. DOING AN EFFECTIVE SEARCH FOR A LIT REVIEW: SAVING TIME & MONEY Matthew Von Hendy MA/MLS Green Heron Information Services
- 2. WELCOME! Owner—Green Heron Information Services Professional Librarian—National Academies of Science, EPA, NASA Birder, cyclist, runner— recent Alaskan adventurer
- 3. BIGGEST BARRIERS FOR EVALUATORS: (TIME AND MONEY)
- 4. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Provide an easy three step process for conducting and organizing the initial searching for your literature review Suggest research resources to use for each step Discuss tips and techniques to help you save time with each step
- 6. STEPS IN THE PROCESS Major search engines and consult with experts Search major citation databases to see who is citing those works Look at major research databases that cover the particular fields that you are looking at
- 7. SEARCHING GOOGLE AND CONSULTING EXPERTS Google #1 tool that evaluation professionals used to find research based information and consulting experts #2 method Be aware of limitations– Google filters results and with the flood of information no one person can keep up to date TIP: Use more than one major search engine (Duck Duck Go, Blekko) and consult with more than one expert Good place to start your research but not to end
- 8. BUILDING ON WHAT YOU STARTED…
- 9. MAJOR CITATION DATABASES: Find out who is citing the works you have found and what articles are most cited that are relevant to your search Scopus and Web of Knowledge (maybe called ‘Web of Science’)– two major citation databases Searching both databases provides coverage of 90+ percent of peer-reviewed journal literature and some conference papers and grey literature Expensive—many universities have access—if you don’t have access—alternatives do exist
- 10. STEP 3: SEARCHING SUBJECT SPECIFIC DATABASES AND OTHER SOURCES Each subject area has high quality research database that is free or low-cost Examples: PubMed, Medline, PsycINFO, ERIC Other resources: (grey literature) AEA library, academic and non-profit think tanks
- 11. NO REASON FOR YOUR CITATIONS TO LOOK LIKE THIS…
- 12. CITATION MANAGERS Allow you to store, organize and search your citations Can be shared between people and teams, download PDFs and attach them to citations Many quality free and low-cost tools: Zotero (www.zotero.org) Mendeley (www.mendeley.com) Endnote Web (www.endnote.com)
- 13. QUESTIONS?
- 14. CONNECT WITH ME Matthew Von Hendy Green Heron Information Services (240) 401-7433 info@greenheroninfo.com www.greenheroninfo.com LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/vonhendy Twitter @GreenHeronInfo Skype: vonhendy