This document discusses ways to make search results more useful, including:
1. Finding related results through citation searching, similar publications, text mining tools, and altmetrics.
2. Keeping searches up to date using search and citation alerts to be notified of new relevant publications.
3. Tips for each method like using reference lists, databases that group similar articles, and altmetric services that track non-academic mentions.
Researcher KnowHow session presentation by Sarah Roughley Barake, Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Liverpool.
Covers:
*What to consider when choosing a journal
*Tools to help you choose
*Where NOT to publish
Literature:-
Any written materials published in book, journal, magazine, novel, poetry, yearbook and encyclopedia are considered as literature.
The literature review is integral part of the entire research process.
It makes a value contribution.
The literature review begin before a research problem is finalized and continues until the report in finished.
This tutorial will help students in the faculty of Building and Construction at Leeds Beckett University to use library services, resources and support for their dissertation.
The aim of this lecture is to give an overview of the research process and to include resources to look for marketing information and company financial data.
Researcher KnowHow session presentation by Sarah Roughley Barake, Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Liverpool.
Covers:
*What to consider when choosing a journal
*Tools to help you choose
*Where NOT to publish
Literature:-
Any written materials published in book, journal, magazine, novel, poetry, yearbook and encyclopedia are considered as literature.
The literature review is integral part of the entire research process.
It makes a value contribution.
The literature review begin before a research problem is finalized and continues until the report in finished.
This tutorial will help students in the faculty of Building and Construction at Leeds Beckett University to use library services, resources and support for their dissertation.
The aim of this lecture is to give an overview of the research process and to include resources to look for marketing information and company financial data.
The aim of this lecture is to give an overview of the research process and to include resources to look for marketing information and company financial data.
The role of the literature review Your literature review gives y.docxoreo10
The role of the literature review
Your literature review gives your readers an understanding of the evolution of scholarly research on your topic.
In your literature review you will:
•survey the scholarly landscape
•provide a synthesis of the issues, trends, and concepts
•possibly provide some historical background
Throughout the literature review, your emphasis should fall on the current scholarly conversation. This is why the rubric often specifies that you need resources from peer-reviewed journals, published within the last five years of your anticipated graduation date. It's in these recent, peer-reviewed journals that the scholarly debate is being carried out!
The literature review also shows the "gap" in the conversation -- and how your own doctoral study will fill that gap and contribute to the scholarly knowledge. This is where you make the case for the importance and usefulness for your own work.
Searching comprehensively
Your literature review should be as comprehensive as possible -- you want to include all of the relevant resources dealing with your topic. Missing important articles or researchers will significantly weaken your scholarship! So, searching comprehensively becomes important.
To ensuring comprehensiveness:
•Identify the databases that will cover your topic
◦Spend some time reading the descriptions of the databases in your subject area
◦Contact the Library to get advice from a librarian on appropriate databases
◦Some topics cross over subject/theoretical boundaries, and librarians can suggest databases that you may not have considered
•Search in more than one database
◦Some of our databases are huge, containing thousands of journals, but no single database covers every journal relevant to a topic
◦Searching in each relevant database, one at a time, gives you a better sense of control over your search, as well as a more accurate idea of the journals/databases that you've covered
Using a multi-database search (such as Thoreau) is not necessarily recommended; in doing so, you lose the ability to use subject terms and search limits that may be unique to each database.
•Explore resources outside of the databases:
◦Government websites
◦Professional organizations
◦Research groups
◦Think tanks
These can all be important sources of statistics and reliable information. These will not be peer-reviewed resources (i.e. since they are not journals, they do not employ the same sort of editorial process that results in peer-review). Evaluating for reliability is important!
Beyond the Library: Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a good way to take your search beyond the databases; it searches very broadly and will pull in resources you may not have discovered before.
Google's definition of scholarly includes government sites, think tanks, research organizations, journal websites, and of course colleges and universities.
Unfortunately, there is no way to limit your Google Scholar search to only peer-reviewed res ...
Overview of UKRI Open Access Policy 2022
Covers the Scope, requirements and funding for policy. Outlines the key actions for authors. Focus on Research Articles (April 2022) but also overview of requirements for long-form publications (Monographs, book chapters, edited collections) from January 2024.
Intended audience: Durham University staff and student authors of research articles.
Presentation embedded alongside further information at https://libguides.durham.ac.uk/open_research/policies/ukri
Version 1.1 2022.03.02
Effective Searching: Part 4 - Constructing your search (Web Version)Jamie Bisset
Part 4 (of 5) Overview of effective search strategies.
- PART 1: Overview, Key concepts and keywords
- PART 2: Broadening your search
- PART 3: Narrowing your search
- PART 4: Constructing your search
- PART 5: Citation searching
Part 4 covers:
- Grouping your search terms
- Constructing your search
- Using the search history
- Evaluating your search
Effective Searching: Part 3 - Narrow your search (Web Version)Jamie Bisset
Part 3 (of 5) Overview of effective search strategies.
- PART 1: Overview, Key concepts and keywords
- PART 2: Broadening your search
- PART 3: Narrowing your search
- PART 4: Constructing your search
- PART 5: Citation searching
Part 3 covers:
- Combining search concepts
- Services which differ: Google Scholar, Nexis, Ebsco, Scopus
- Proximity Connectors
- Phrase searching
- Excluding terms
- Searching with facets
- Filtering your results using facets
- Boolean connectors
Effective Searching: Part 2 - Broaden your search (Web Version)Jamie Bisset
Part 2 (of 5) Overview of effective search strategies.
- PART 1: Overview, Key concepts and keywords
- PART 2: Broadening your search
- PART 3: Narrowing your search
- PART 4: Constructing your search
- PART 5: Citation searching
Part 2 covers:
- Accounting for synonyms
- Accounting for changes in terminology
- Accounting for alternative spellings
- term trunctaion
- hyphenated and plural terms
- Boolean connectors, wildcards, truncation tools
Effective Searching: Part 1 - Overview, Key concepts and keywords (Web Version)Jamie Bisset
Part 1 (of 5) Overview of effective search strategies.
- PART 1: Overview, Key concepts and keywords
- PART 2: Broadening your search
- PART 3: Narrowing your search
- PART 4: Constructing your search
- PART 5: Citation searching
Part 1 covers:
- Overview of search approach
- Identifying key concepts and thinking about keywords.
Durham Part Time Distance Research Student 2019: Sample Library SlidesJamie Bisset
Sample slides from the 2019 “Part-time and Distance Doctoral Student” Event at Durham University, taken from workshops delivered by Durham University Library staff.
“By 2020 scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants provided by participating national and European research councils and funding bodies, must be published in compliant Open Access Journals or on compliant Open Access Platforms.”
- Overview of Plan S
- Key Principles and Purpose
- Key Issues of interest to authors
- Chance to provide your feedback, ask questions
“By 2020 scientific publications that result from research funded by public grants provided by participating national and European research councils and funding bodies, must be published in compliant Open Access Journals or on compliant Open Access Platforms.”
- Overview of Plan S
- Key Principles and Purpose
- Key Issues of interest to authors
- Chance to provide your feedback, ask questions
Durham Leading Research Programme: Academic ImpactJamie Bisset
Aims of the Module
Researchers intending to publish are met with an increasingly complex world of options, influences and pressures. The digital landscape and developments in open access publishing provide additional dissemination channels beyond traditional print; bibliometric tools purport to measure journals’ academic impact ; funder mandates, institutional mandates and routine research assessment exercises place additional requirements on authors which may influence their choice of where and how to publish. The aim of this module is to help researchers navigate this territory and make well- informed decisions.
Content
• Background to the development and use of publication metrics as research indicators, and the issues surrounding this.
• Journal metrics: assess the academic impact of journals, including Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports and other measures.
• Citations and author metrics: tools available to assess an authors’ individual citation counts and impact, including the h-index.
Approach
The module will take the form of a workshop with on-screen demonstrations and hands-on opportunity, with some presentation and hand-out materials highlighting issues and discussions within the academic community.
Intended outcomes
By the end of the session participants will:
• Increased awareness of the various journal and author metrics available.
• Developed understanding of the key issues around the use of these metrics and what research behaviours might be incentivised.
• Awareness of the potential opportunities for exploring wider academic and non-academic impact of publications from altmetric tools available.
Durham Researcher Development Programme 2015-16: Bibliometric Research Indica...Jamie Bisset
There is an ever-increasing need to make your research more visible as you establish your career, and metrics to measure your research performance when it comes to thinking about promotion and probation.
This session will focus on bibliometric research indicators (such as the Journal Impact Factor and SCImago, author metrics such as the h-index and g-index) and sources for accessing citation data (Web of Science, Journal Citation Reports and Google Scholar). These may be one of several factors to consider when thinking about where to submit an article manuscript for publication to maximise the potential academic impact of the research, and tools useful to be familiar with if they form part of any research evaluation you and your authored journal papers may be subject to.
An additional section will also look at tips to consider when writing an article abstract to maximise its discoverability and cite-ability.
Learning Outcomes:
• Understanding of meaning and intended uses of bibliometric research indicators
• Understanding of how some key indicators (JIF, H-index) are calculated
• Ability to make a judgement as to the appropriateness and limitations of such indicators
• Ability to use online datasets to view and calculate key bibliometric measures
• Awareness of some factors which can increase the visibility and discoverability of your own research in bibliographic databases.
Previous participants have said:
"The session has helped provide me with the basic information on Journal Impact and where to find information such as an author's h-index. It will be useful for future journal submission consideration."
"This session was very useful for me to become familiar with the topic."
Digital tools (Presentation 2): Tools to explore...Jamie Bisset
Durham PGR Part-time Summer School 2015
Session: Digital Tools
See also:
- Presentation (Dr Nick Pearce & Dr Elaine Tan)
- Handout: Online tools (Collaboration, Networking, note-taking and impact footprint)
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Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
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The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
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3. Effective Searching 5: Making your results work for you…
This short slide deck will provide an overview of your
next steps, once you have constructed an effective
search, to ensure you are kept up to date with the
latest research on your topic.
It forms part 5 of a series covering some of the tools
available to you to construct an effective search.
Part 1-4 covered how to construct an effective
search strategy, and tips on evaluating how
effectively it works.
4. Effective Searching
Define your
information need
• What types
of resource
do you
need?
• Identify
where to
search.
• Identify
your key
concepts.
Broaden
your search
• Be compre-
hensive.
• Ensure
nothing is
missed un-
necessarily.
• “Cast your
nets wide.”
Narrow your
search
• Be focused.
• Exclude any
‘noise’.
• Ensure you
can use
your reading
time most
efficiently.
• “Use the
right nets.”
Evaluate
your results
• Identify
gaps.
• Assess un-
expected
results.
• Review
search
terms with
new knowl-
edge.
Make your
results work for
you
• Be efficient
with your
time.
• Search
alerts.
• Citation
searching.
5. We will cover:
(1) Related Results
a) Citation Searching & References
b) Similar publications
c) Quick text-mining tools
d) Related commentary - Altmetrics
(2) Keeping up to date
a) Search & Citation alerts
Effective Searching 5: Making your results work for you…
6. Let’s start with:
(1) Related Results
a) Citation Searching & References
b) Similar publications
c) Quick text-mining tools
d) Related commentary - Altmetrics
(2) Keeping up to date
a) Search & Citation alerts
Effective Searching 5: Making your results work for you…
7. Related Results 1: Citation searching & references
When starting your search, in most cases your
results match the specific keywords you enter.
Once you have identified some relevant results,
you may be able to use these to identify
additional articles of interest or relevance.
One key step you can take is reviewing the
reference list of an article you have read, or doing
a citation search to identify citing works.
8. • Results you find usually sit within a wider scholarly discourse which you
can follow both backwards (references) and forwards (citations) in time
• They may have a positive or negative connection to other literature –
helping you evaluate articles you have found through the work of others,
or through different applications of the ideas or research presented.
• They place your identified reading within the wider academic debate:
– What that author considered relevant.
– How subsequent authors have considered / critiqued / applied / developed
the research presented.
Related Results 1: Citation searching & references
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Paper
A
Article
B
Article
C
Book1
Article
D
Book
2
Article
G
Article
E
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Citation SearchingBibliography / Reference List
Found article
10. Related Results 1: Citation searching & references
• Most academic databases will allow you to view a list of referenced
papers.
• There are also 4 key services available to you, which are useful for
view citing works to an article you have found: Scopus, Web of
Science, Google Scholar and Dimensions.
15. • You can see how to conduct a citation search for each of these
services in this LibGuide, under Citation Searching
Related Results 1: Citation searching & references
https://durham-uk.libguides.com/research_skills/finding_info
16. Related Results 2: Similar publications
Once you have identified key articles for your
research, most databases allow you different routes
to then browse further through related publications.
The options will vary between databases, but here
are a few examples…
17. Related Results 2: Similar Publications
Many databases will allow you to browse to
related records.
This could allow you to quickly see other
publications by the same author…
… articles which have been classified by the
database as research on similar subjects…
… or articles tagged with similar keywords
provided by authors (which can be useful for
new fields, before a ‘subject classification’ has
been defined.
18. Related Results 2: Similar Publications
Other databases may use automatic
algorithms to present lists of related
articles based on keywords, subject,
shared reference lists and citing
articles, authors or other factors.
19. Related Results 2: Similar Publications
Citation databases such as Scopus
and Web of Science offer additional
functionality, such as associating
publications to broad “topics” based
on clusters of citing documents.
These can help highlight highly cited
publications within that topic which
may be of interest.
TIP: You don’t need to understand
the details of how the topics are
formed to quickly check if there might
be anything of interest highlighted!
20. Related Results 2: Similar Publications
Ask your Faculty Librarian for guidance on which
databases are best suited for your subject, and how
to navigate the content within those databases.
21. Related Results 3: Text-mining
Text-mining is the use of automated tools to quickly
identify, extract, search and analyse (usually) large
quantities of text to discover new or unknown
information.
Whilst we won’t look at details here, or explore the
large scale use of text-mining in larger research
projects, you may find some examples of small scale
use useful if you have the full text of an article you
have found (and are doing this for your own personal
research)…
22. Related Results 3: Text-mining
JSTOR provides a simple text-
analyser which allows you to upload
a document you have…
… it will analyse the text to identify a
range of key terms….
23. Related Results 3: Text-mining
… it will use these terms to
search its own collections to
find any related articles which
may be of interest (whilst
allowing you to change the
combination of identified
terms).
TIP: This may also be useful
in helping to identify
keywords for your own
search strategy… as long as
you evaluate the impact of
these on your search!
24. Related Results 3: Text-mining
Ask your Faculty Librarian for guidance on any
relevant services within your subject area which may
be of interest.
25. Related Results 4: Related commentary
Some of the scholarly publications you find may
have been discussed outside of traditional
scholarly channels.
This may include discussion in social media or
on academic blogs, coverage in the local,
national or international news, citation in
government policy or use as references in
Wikipedia articles…
… all of this might be useful to help frame the
research in a wider , real-world debate.
26. Related Results 4: Related Commentary
• ‘Altmetric’ tools offer you a
complementary tool to citation
searching in citation databases,
allowing you to see sharing of works
outside of traditional scholarly
publication channels.
• There are several providers of
altmetric data, but we’ll highlight tow
services here you can use for free:
Altmetric.com and PlumX Metrics.
27. Related Results 4: Related Commentary
You may spot the
Altmetric Donut in our
Connexions service, or on
our own digital repository…
28. Related Results 4: Related Commentary
Or you may spot the PlumX Metrics
symbol next to articles in some academic
databases, such as Scopus or those
provided via Ebsco.
29. Related Results 4: Related Commentary
For any article with a Digital Object Identifier
(DOI), just type https://plu.mx/a/?doi= , followed
by the DOI, into your browser to see altmetric data
from PlumX Metrics…
For example:
30. Related Results 4: Related Commentary
… or install the Altmetric.com Bookmarklet into
your browser bookmarks bar, for free…
Just visit…
https://www.altmetric.com/products
/free-tools/bookmarklet/
31. Ask your Faculty Librarian for guidance on exploring
altmetrics for articles you have found, or visit out
LibGuide at:
https://durham-
uk.libguides.com/research_support/evaluate_altmetrics
Related Results 4: Related Commentary
32. Let’s finish by quickly highlighting:
(1) Related Results
a) Citation Searching & References
b) Similar publications
c) Quick text-mining tools
d) Related commentary - Altmetrics
(2) Keeping up to date
a) Search & Citation alerts
Effective Searching 5: Making your results work for you…
33. Keeping up to date
Once you are happy with a search strategy
most academic databases will allow you to set
up an automated alert to let you know when
new publications or additions have been found
which match your search terms.
34. Keeping up to date
Setting up an alert can
save you having to log
in and repeat the search
yourself, but remember:
1) Revise your search
terms as your
knowledge and research
changes.
2) This only saves you
time if you have the
time to keep up with the
alerts you receive by
email!
35. So in summary:
Citation searching & alerts can help place the key articles you have found
within wider scholarly landscape.
Similar/Related Articles are often be provided by academic databases.
Text-mining services offered by some databases can help find other articles
based on the text of an article you already have.
Altmetric tools can help give you a broader view of how research has been
discussed, shared or applied outside of traditional scholarly communication
channels
Search alerts can help automate your searching once you are happy you
have constructed an effective search; they can keep you up to date with any
newly published or citing research that could be incorporated into your
literature review, prepare you for a supervisor meeting, seminar, conference
networking session or reading group.
Always approach your Faculty Librarian for additional help & support!
Summary
36. Effective Searching
Define your
information need
• What types
of resource
do you
need?
• Identify
where to
search.
• Identify
your key
concepts.
Broaden
your search
• Be compre-
hensive.
• Ensure
nothing is
missed un-
necessarily.
• “Cast your
nets wide.”
Narrow your
search
• Be focused.
• Exclude any
‘noise’.
• Ensure you
can use
your reading
time most
efficiently.
• “Use the
right nets.”
Evaluate
your results
• Identify
gaps.
• Assess un-
expected
results.
• Review
search
terms with
new knowl-
edge.
Make your
results work for
you
• Be efficient
with your
time.
• Search
alerts.
• Citation
searching.
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