This document provides information about conducting a literature search and review. It defines literature and what constitutes a literature search. A literature search aims to locate all relevant published work on a topic through a well-structured search of books, journals, and other sources. It also discusses developing search strategies using keywords, databases, and refining searches to balance sensitivity and specificity. The purpose of a literature review is to identify and synthesize current knowledge on a topic.
This document provides information about conducting a literature search. It defines what literature is, discusses different types of literature resources including books, journals, reports, and grey literature. It describes primary and secondary sources as well as different formats including print, electronic, online and offline. The document outlines the purpose of literature reviews and discusses searching strategies including using libraries, identifying relevant sources, locating research sources, and summarizing research. It provides tips for online searching including using Boolean operators and search techniques. Finally, it discusses how to search, display, and save results from databases like PubMed and journals.
This document provides guidance on conducting a literature search and review. It discusses the importance of a thorough literature search to identify gaps and avoid duplication. It emphasizes developing a clear research question using the PICO framework and searching appropriate databases using relevant search terms. The document outlines tips for effective searching, such as using Boolean operators and filters. It also discusses organizing search results using reference managers and literature review tables to facilitate analysis.
The document provides guidance on developing an effective literature search strategy. It discusses starting a literature search through keywords, references, or journals. The main steps are defined as: defining the topic, turning it into a question, choosing search terms, selecting appropriate databases, running the search, and evaluating results. Specific databases are also outlined, including PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and others. Guidance is given on using keywords, Boolean operators, and search history to refine results.
This document provides an overview of citation indexing and describes some key tools and concepts. Citation indexing traces the use of ideas across research by identifying papers that cite older publications. The Institute for Scientific Information pioneered citation indexing databases like the Web of Science. While comprehensive, the WoS has limitations in coverage of non-English language and developing world journals. The Indian Citation Index was created to index more Indian publications and support research evaluation in India. Impact factors are calculated based on citations in the Journal Citation Reports to measure journal influence.
The document discusses various citation databases and metrics for evaluating publications and journals. It describes Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar as the major citation databases. It provides details on the coverage, citation data included, and analytical tools available for each database. The document also explains journal citation reports, which allow comparison of journals using citation data. Key metrics for journals are defined, including impact factor, eigenfactor, and article influence score. Quartile comparisons that enable evaluation of journal rankings are also outlined.
This document discusses journal impact factors and how they are calculated. The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) defines top journals and tracks the number of citations to their articles in their Journal Citation Reports (JCR). A journal's impact factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the current year to articles from the previous two years by the total number of articles published in the previous two years. Impact factors help researchers identify important journals in their field.
This document provides information about conducting a literature search. It defines what literature is, discusses different types of literature resources including books, journals, reports, and grey literature. It describes primary and secondary sources as well as different formats including print, electronic, online and offline. The document outlines the purpose of literature reviews and discusses searching strategies including using libraries, identifying relevant sources, locating research sources, and summarizing research. It provides tips for online searching including using Boolean operators and search techniques. Finally, it discusses how to search, display, and save results from databases like PubMed and journals.
This document provides guidance on conducting a literature search and review. It discusses the importance of a thorough literature search to identify gaps and avoid duplication. It emphasizes developing a clear research question using the PICO framework and searching appropriate databases using relevant search terms. The document outlines tips for effective searching, such as using Boolean operators and filters. It also discusses organizing search results using reference managers and literature review tables to facilitate analysis.
The document provides guidance on developing an effective literature search strategy. It discusses starting a literature search through keywords, references, or journals. The main steps are defined as: defining the topic, turning it into a question, choosing search terms, selecting appropriate databases, running the search, and evaluating results. Specific databases are also outlined, including PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and others. Guidance is given on using keywords, Boolean operators, and search history to refine results.
This document provides an overview of citation indexing and describes some key tools and concepts. Citation indexing traces the use of ideas across research by identifying papers that cite older publications. The Institute for Scientific Information pioneered citation indexing databases like the Web of Science. While comprehensive, the WoS has limitations in coverage of non-English language and developing world journals. The Indian Citation Index was created to index more Indian publications and support research evaluation in India. Impact factors are calculated based on citations in the Journal Citation Reports to measure journal influence.
The document discusses various citation databases and metrics for evaluating publications and journals. It describes Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar as the major citation databases. It provides details on the coverage, citation data included, and analytical tools available for each database. The document also explains journal citation reports, which allow comparison of journals using citation data. Key metrics for journals are defined, including impact factor, eigenfactor, and article influence score. Quartile comparisons that enable evaluation of journal rankings are also outlined.
This document discusses journal impact factors and how they are calculated. The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) defines top journals and tracks the number of citations to their articles in their Journal Citation Reports (JCR). A journal's impact factor is calculated by dividing the number of citations in the current year to articles from the previous two years by the total number of articles published in the previous two years. Impact factors help researchers identify important journals in their field.
The document provides information about journal impact factors. It defines impact factor as the number of citations in the current year to items published in a journal in the previous two years, divided by the total number of source items published in the previous two years. It notes that impact factors can only be calculated after a journal has been publishing for at least three years. The document also explains that impact factors measure the frequency of citations but not necessarily the quality of a journal. It provides an example calculation of an impact factor.
The document discusses the publishing process for academic journals. It covers key aspects of the process including peer review, revision, production, and publication. The impact factor is defined as the average number of citations to articles published in the past two years. Guidelines for publishing such as CONSORT and PRISMA are mentioned to enhance quality and transparency in health research. Authorship, plagiarism, and retraction policies are also summarized.
Web of Science is an online scientific citation indexing service that allows users to search bibliographic databases for academic literature. It is owned by Clarivate Analytics and provides access to multiple databases that index thousands of scholarly journals, books, and conference proceedings. Some key points:
- Web of Science allows citation searching to find academic sources that have cited a particular work or have been cited by other works.
- It provides citation metrics like the h-index and citation reports that measure the impact and influence of authors, publications, and institutions.
- Advanced search features allow using Boolean operators, field tags, and other tools to construct complex queries across various databases within Web of Science.
This document provides an overview of literature reviews, including their definition, importance, purpose, types, sources, and steps. A literature review aims to critically evaluate previous research on a topic. It is important as it helps identify gaps and orient the reader. The main purposes are to focus on past research, show how a new study fills gaps, and set boundaries. Types include traditional narratives, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and meta-syntheses. Sources are primary, secondary, and tertiary. The steps are to identify key terms, locate literature, evaluate and select sources, organize findings, and write the review. Elements to address in the review are an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Advanced literature searching for health sciencese1033930
The document provides guidance on conducting an advanced literature search. It recommends that searches be comprehensive, structured, and auditable. Key steps include identifying concepts, selecting search terms, applying search techniques, selecting databases, refining results, and making a final selection. Databases like CINAHL are suggested. The document provides tips for developing effective search strategies and evaluating search results.
The document discusses journal impact factors and how they are calculated and used. It defines what a journal is and different types of journals. It explains that the impact factor is calculated based on the number of citations in the current year to papers published in the two previous years, divided by the total number of articles published in those two years. The impact factor is used to evaluate the influence of journals, but it only provides an average measure and does not reflect the impact of individual articles. The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is also discussed as a tool that compiles citation data and journal metrics.
This document discusses the concept of "salami publication" or "salami slicing" which refers to splitting up the results of a single research study into multiple smaller publications. This allows researchers to artificially inflate their publication counts but it is considered questionable and unethical. Key points made include that salami publication misleads readers and reviewers by counting the same data multiple times, distorts the results of meta-analyses, and gives undeserved credit and benefits to authors. While small publishable units can help early career researchers, relying too heavily on this strategy is not looked upon favorably for career advancement. The document also provides recommendations for transparently reporting additional findings from a previously published study.
This document provides guidance on conducting a literature search. It discusses what literature is, the purpose of literature searches, and different types of literature sources. It also covers how to effectively search literature using Boolean logic operators like AND, OR, and NOT. Specific strategies like truncation and wildcards are explained. Finally, popular databases and search engines for conducting literature searches are listed.
This document provides information about publishing research in journals. It discusses the reasons for writing research articles, such as sharing data and knowledge. It describes the different types of articles, including full articles, letters, and reviews. The document outlines the structure of research articles, including sections like the introduction, methods, results, and discussion. It provides recommendations for writing style and formatting academic texts in English. Finally, it covers topics like choosing a journal to submit to, the evaluation and review process, impact factors, and ethical guidelines.
This document provides information about indexing databases and citation databases. It defines a database as a collection of organized information that can be easily accessed and updated. Indexing databases are described as optimizing database performance by minimizing disk accesses during queries through the use of indexes. The document outlines different types of indexing, including clustered, non-clustered, and multi-level indexing. It then defines citation databases as collections of referenced academic works that can be used to evaluate publications by counting citations. The benefits of using citation databases over general search engines are discussed.
This document defines literature review and outlines its importance and purpose. A literature review aims to critically review knowledge on a research topic. It provides a guide for professionals to stay up-to-date in their field. Literature reviews help identify research problems, gaps in knowledge, and inform the methodology. Sources include primary research articles and secondary sources that summarize others' findings. The document describes the steps of literature review including searching databases and other sources, analyzing sources, and writing an introduction, body, and conclusion. It also outlines strategies like using references and searching forward and backward to identify relevant literature.
Research ethics involves applying ethical principles to scientific research involving human subjects. The objectives of research ethics are to protect human participants, ensure research benefits society, and ensure research is conducted ethically. Key principles include minimizing harm, obtaining informed consent, protecting anonymity and confidentiality, avoiding misleading practices, and allowing participants to withdraw. Research ethics promotes trust, accountability, and social values in research. However, research poses risks of physical, psychological, social, and economic harm to participants. It may also divert resources from other health needs.
The document discusses citation indexing. It defines citation indexing as a process that detects relationships between documents through citations. When one document cites another document, there is a conceptual relationship between the ideas in the two documents. The document outlines the history and development of citation indexing, including the first citation index created by Frank Shephard and important contributions by Eugene Garfield. It describes the major citation indexes produced by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), now Thomson Reuters, including the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
Review of literature is one of the most important steps in the research process. It is an account of what is already known about a particular phenomenon.
Literature review is a laborious task, but it is essential if the research process is to be successful.
Elsevier's Scopus.com upgraded the Journal Analyzer with Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), which measures a source's contextual impact, and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), which measures the scientific prestige of scholarly sources.
These indicators will be applied to all journals indexed by Scopus and will be freely available to both subscribers and non-subscribers @ scopus.com and www.journalmetrics.com
This document provides information on conducting a literature review. It defines a literature review and discusses the key components, including identifying and synthesizing existing works on a topic through a systematic process. The document outlines 7 steps for conducting a literature review: selecting research questions, sources, search terms, screening criteria, quality assessment, reviewing the literature, and synthesizing results. It also discusses different types of literature reviews and provides guidance on writing an introduction, body, and conclusion. Additionally, the document describes various resources and databases for searching literature, such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Library. It emphasizes developing a search strategy using keywords and Boolean operators to efficiently extract relevant information.
NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
Organized by: - Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) in Collaboration With
Centre for Public Health, Panjab University, Chandigarh
This document outlines different types of literature reviews, including narrative reviews, critical reviews, scoping reviews, conceptual reviews, state-of-the-art reviews, argumentative reviews, integrative reviews, historical reviews, methodological reviews, theoretical reviews, quantitative and qualitative meta-analysis reviews, and systematic reviews. It provides brief descriptions of each type of literature review and what they aim to accomplish, such as summarizing previous research, identifying gaps, or comparing and evaluating perspectives.
Open Access (OA) is a system provide access to knowledge resources with free of cost and other restrictions. This PPT answer to the questions what, why, types, benefits etc. and also describes the creative commons licensing, concept of predatory journals, open access journals, and Sharpa RoMeO.
This document provides guidance on searching databases efficiently. It outlines a step-by-step process for conducting searches, including defining keywords and search terms, using search techniques like Boolean operators and phrase searching, applying limits to focus results, and strategies for refining searches. The goal is to help readers search more efficiently, get better results, and feel less anxious about the research process.
The document provides information about journal impact factors. It defines impact factor as the number of citations in the current year to items published in a journal in the previous two years, divided by the total number of source items published in the previous two years. It notes that impact factors can only be calculated after a journal has been publishing for at least three years. The document also explains that impact factors measure the frequency of citations but not necessarily the quality of a journal. It provides an example calculation of an impact factor.
The document discusses the publishing process for academic journals. It covers key aspects of the process including peer review, revision, production, and publication. The impact factor is defined as the average number of citations to articles published in the past two years. Guidelines for publishing such as CONSORT and PRISMA are mentioned to enhance quality and transparency in health research. Authorship, plagiarism, and retraction policies are also summarized.
Web of Science is an online scientific citation indexing service that allows users to search bibliographic databases for academic literature. It is owned by Clarivate Analytics and provides access to multiple databases that index thousands of scholarly journals, books, and conference proceedings. Some key points:
- Web of Science allows citation searching to find academic sources that have cited a particular work or have been cited by other works.
- It provides citation metrics like the h-index and citation reports that measure the impact and influence of authors, publications, and institutions.
- Advanced search features allow using Boolean operators, field tags, and other tools to construct complex queries across various databases within Web of Science.
This document provides an overview of literature reviews, including their definition, importance, purpose, types, sources, and steps. A literature review aims to critically evaluate previous research on a topic. It is important as it helps identify gaps and orient the reader. The main purposes are to focus on past research, show how a new study fills gaps, and set boundaries. Types include traditional narratives, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and meta-syntheses. Sources are primary, secondary, and tertiary. The steps are to identify key terms, locate literature, evaluate and select sources, organize findings, and write the review. Elements to address in the review are an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Advanced literature searching for health sciencese1033930
The document provides guidance on conducting an advanced literature search. It recommends that searches be comprehensive, structured, and auditable. Key steps include identifying concepts, selecting search terms, applying search techniques, selecting databases, refining results, and making a final selection. Databases like CINAHL are suggested. The document provides tips for developing effective search strategies and evaluating search results.
The document discusses journal impact factors and how they are calculated and used. It defines what a journal is and different types of journals. It explains that the impact factor is calculated based on the number of citations in the current year to papers published in the two previous years, divided by the total number of articles published in those two years. The impact factor is used to evaluate the influence of journals, but it only provides an average measure and does not reflect the impact of individual articles. The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is also discussed as a tool that compiles citation data and journal metrics.
This document discusses the concept of "salami publication" or "salami slicing" which refers to splitting up the results of a single research study into multiple smaller publications. This allows researchers to artificially inflate their publication counts but it is considered questionable and unethical. Key points made include that salami publication misleads readers and reviewers by counting the same data multiple times, distorts the results of meta-analyses, and gives undeserved credit and benefits to authors. While small publishable units can help early career researchers, relying too heavily on this strategy is not looked upon favorably for career advancement. The document also provides recommendations for transparently reporting additional findings from a previously published study.
This document provides guidance on conducting a literature search. It discusses what literature is, the purpose of literature searches, and different types of literature sources. It also covers how to effectively search literature using Boolean logic operators like AND, OR, and NOT. Specific strategies like truncation and wildcards are explained. Finally, popular databases and search engines for conducting literature searches are listed.
This document provides information about publishing research in journals. It discusses the reasons for writing research articles, such as sharing data and knowledge. It describes the different types of articles, including full articles, letters, and reviews. The document outlines the structure of research articles, including sections like the introduction, methods, results, and discussion. It provides recommendations for writing style and formatting academic texts in English. Finally, it covers topics like choosing a journal to submit to, the evaluation and review process, impact factors, and ethical guidelines.
This document provides information about indexing databases and citation databases. It defines a database as a collection of organized information that can be easily accessed and updated. Indexing databases are described as optimizing database performance by minimizing disk accesses during queries through the use of indexes. The document outlines different types of indexing, including clustered, non-clustered, and multi-level indexing. It then defines citation databases as collections of referenced academic works that can be used to evaluate publications by counting citations. The benefits of using citation databases over general search engines are discussed.
This document defines literature review and outlines its importance and purpose. A literature review aims to critically review knowledge on a research topic. It provides a guide for professionals to stay up-to-date in their field. Literature reviews help identify research problems, gaps in knowledge, and inform the methodology. Sources include primary research articles and secondary sources that summarize others' findings. The document describes the steps of literature review including searching databases and other sources, analyzing sources, and writing an introduction, body, and conclusion. It also outlines strategies like using references and searching forward and backward to identify relevant literature.
Research ethics involves applying ethical principles to scientific research involving human subjects. The objectives of research ethics are to protect human participants, ensure research benefits society, and ensure research is conducted ethically. Key principles include minimizing harm, obtaining informed consent, protecting anonymity and confidentiality, avoiding misleading practices, and allowing participants to withdraw. Research ethics promotes trust, accountability, and social values in research. However, research poses risks of physical, psychological, social, and economic harm to participants. It may also divert resources from other health needs.
The document discusses citation indexing. It defines citation indexing as a process that detects relationships between documents through citations. When one document cites another document, there is a conceptual relationship between the ideas in the two documents. The document outlines the history and development of citation indexing, including the first citation index created by Frank Shephard and important contributions by Eugene Garfield. It describes the major citation indexes produced by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), now Thomson Reuters, including the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
Review of literature is one of the most important steps in the research process. It is an account of what is already known about a particular phenomenon.
Literature review is a laborious task, but it is essential if the research process is to be successful.
Elsevier's Scopus.com upgraded the Journal Analyzer with Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), which measures a source's contextual impact, and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), which measures the scientific prestige of scholarly sources.
These indicators will be applied to all journals indexed by Scopus and will be freely available to both subscribers and non-subscribers @ scopus.com and www.journalmetrics.com
This document provides information on conducting a literature review. It defines a literature review and discusses the key components, including identifying and synthesizing existing works on a topic through a systematic process. The document outlines 7 steps for conducting a literature review: selecting research questions, sources, search terms, screening criteria, quality assessment, reviewing the literature, and synthesizing results. It also discusses different types of literature reviews and provides guidance on writing an introduction, body, and conclusion. Additionally, the document describes various resources and databases for searching literature, such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and Cochrane Library. It emphasizes developing a search strategy using keywords and Boolean operators to efficiently extract relevant information.
NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, STATISTICAL
ANALYSIS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT
Organized by: - Panjab University Campus Students Council (PUCSC) in Collaboration With
Centre for Public Health, Panjab University, Chandigarh
This document outlines different types of literature reviews, including narrative reviews, critical reviews, scoping reviews, conceptual reviews, state-of-the-art reviews, argumentative reviews, integrative reviews, historical reviews, methodological reviews, theoretical reviews, quantitative and qualitative meta-analysis reviews, and systematic reviews. It provides brief descriptions of each type of literature review and what they aim to accomplish, such as summarizing previous research, identifying gaps, or comparing and evaluating perspectives.
Open Access (OA) is a system provide access to knowledge resources with free of cost and other restrictions. This PPT answer to the questions what, why, types, benefits etc. and also describes the creative commons licensing, concept of predatory journals, open access journals, and Sharpa RoMeO.
This document provides guidance on searching databases efficiently. It outlines a step-by-step process for conducting searches, including defining keywords and search terms, using search techniques like Boolean operators and phrase searching, applying limits to focus results, and strategies for refining searches. The goal is to help readers search more efficiently, get better results, and feel less anxious about the research process.
This document summarizes key aspects of research methodology according to Paul Leedy and Nancy Vyhmeister. It outlines that research has the primary goal of discovery through a rigorous, systematic process involving defining a problem, developing a research plan, collecting and analyzing data, and interpreting results. Effective research requires more than just compiling information - it involves careful investigation aimed at gaining objective knowledge or revising theories.
The document provides guidance on searching databases efficiently. It outlines strategies for defining search terms, using Boolean operators and search techniques like phrase searching to efficiently find relevant information. The key steps are to define the topic, determine a search strategy using keywords and synonyms, find citations, and get the full text article. It emphasizes developing a search strategy by starting broad and progressively narrowing down, using limiters like time frame and population. An example search strategy is also provided.
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This document provides guidance on conducting a literature review, including selecting research questions, choosing relevant sources and search terms, running searches in bibliographic databases, and screening results. Key steps include breaking the research question into concepts, identifying subject headings and text words for each, running searches and combining results, and applying practical and methodological screening criteria to identify the most useful studies. The goal is to synthesize current knowledge on the topic to support new research.
The document provides an overview of the literature review process. It defines a literature review as an examination of previous research conducted in a particular field of study. The purpose is to gain knowledge in the field, identify common methodologies, and determine if the proposed research is needed. The literature review process involves selecting a topic, searching for and analyzing relevant literature, and writing the review. Organizational schemes like topical, chronological, and problem-solution orders can be used.
This document provides an overview of methods for conducting library research, including developing research questions, searching databases, and evaluating sources. It discusses developing search strategies using keywords, controlled vocabularies, citation searches, and other techniques. Several databases for researching religion and theology are also introduced, including strengths and limitations of each. The document aims to equip readers with foundational skills for effective library research.
This document provides guidance on conducting literature searches and reviews. It discusses when and why literature searches are important, potential sources of information like books, journals, and grey literature. It also covers tools for finding relevant sources such as catalogs, databases, search engines, and keywords searches. The document outlines the process of conducting a literature search and strategies for reading sources efficiently, taking effective notes, and making connections between sources.
This document provides guidance on conducting a literature review, including defining what a literature review is, identifying key sources of information, developing search strategies, and assessing source quality. It discusses searching academic databases and catalogs for books and journal articles, as well as searching other sources like magazines, newspapers, and the internet. The document emphasizes planning search strategies, using subject specific keywords and databases, and citing references in a literature review.
This document outlines strategies for conducting academic research presented by librarians at a writing seminar. It discusses seven steps for developing a research strategy including identifying topics, finding background information, evaluating sources, and citing work. The librarians demonstrate how to use the campus library catalog and databases to search for books and articles, and how to export references to the citation manager RefWorks. Contact information is provided for research assistance.
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The document provides guidance on conducting a literature review. It defines a literature review as analyzing and synthesizing existing works to place the current study in context, avoid duplication, and identify gaps. An effective literature review compares and contrasts authors' views, groups similar conclusions, and critically evaluates methodologies. It should highlight exemplary studies, identify patterns, and show how the current study relates to prior work. When searching literature, one should use a variety of sources and evaluate their credibility. The conclusion should draw key points and discuss the need for further research.
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The document provides information and guidance for completing a literature review, including defining what a literature review is, outlining the literature review process, and introducing two research tools - Emerald and Google Scholar. It also discusses selecting topics, searching literature databases, evaluating sources, organizing references, and avoiding plagiarism. Contact information is provided for getting research help from the library liaison.
This document provides guidance on conducting a literature review for research. It discusses the importance of the literature review in defining the research problem and identifying gaps. It outlines the overall research process and emphasizes literature review as the second step. It provides tips on developing search strategies using keywords, Boolean operators, and wildcards. The document also discusses evaluating and organizing sources as well as structuring the literature review. The goal is to help researchers effectively search for and synthesize relevant existing literature to support their research.
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This document summarizes a presentation on conducting literature reviews for research. It outlines the objectives of the session which are to evaluate the importance of literature reviews, identify different information sources, apply search techniques, and properly cite references. It then covers various topics related to literature reviews including defining the research problem, understanding the research process, planning literature searches, evaluating sources, structuring reviews, and using citation management tools. The presentation provides guidance on how to effectively find and analyze relevant research to support academic work.
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This document provides an overview of basic research methods. It discusses identifying and refining a topic, determining needed information sources, using search strategies like Boolean operators, and evaluating information sources. Key steps include brainstorming topics of interest, listing related keywords, determining if facts, current information, or differing viewpoints are needed, searching databases and the catalog, and evaluating sources based on author credentials, publication purpose, journal type, and date. The goal is to find relevant and authoritative sources to support a research assignment.
This document provides an overview of basic research methods. It discusses identifying and refining a topic, determining needed information sources, using search strategies like Boolean operators, and evaluating information sources. Key steps include brainstorming topics of interest, listing related keywords, determining if facts, current information, or differing viewpoints are needed, searching databases and the catalog, and evaluating sources based on author credentials, publication purpose, journal type, and date. The goal is to find relevant and authoritative sources to support a research assignment.
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Literature search
1. LITERATURE SEARCH
PROF. B.N. KUMBHAR
2NET, 2SET, M. L. I. Sc. M., Phil , PGDLIM,
PGDLAN.
PhD (Pursuing)
Librarian
DADA PATIL MAHAVIDYALAYA, KARJAT,
DIST -AHMEDNAGAR
E-mail: kumbharbn@gmail.com
2. INTRODUCTION
Literature, a body of written
works. The name has traditionally
been applied to those imaginative
works of poetry and prose
distinguished by the intentions of
their authors and the perceived
aesthetic excellence of their
execution.
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6. DEFINITION
Literature is a term used to describe
written or spoken material. Broadly
speaking, "literature" is used to describe
anything from creative writing to more
technical or scientific works, but the term
is most commonly used to refer to works
of the creative imagination, including
works of poetry, drama, fiction, and
nonfiction.
7. WHAT IS SEARCHING ?
• To look for specific data in a file or an occurrence of
text in a file.
A search implies either scanning content sequentially
or single algorithms to compare
multiple indexes to find a match.
• A search on the Web yields a list of Web pages that
contain all the words in the search criteria .
• Contrast with a "direct lookup," whereby a single
index is used to keep track of data.
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9. LITERATURE SEARCH
• A literature search is a well thought out and
organized search for all of the literature
published on a topic.
• A well-structured literature search is the
most effective and efficient way to locate
sound evidence on the subject you are
researching.
• Evidence may be found in books, journals,
government documents and the internet.
10. LITERATURE SEARCH
• A literature search is a systematic and
thorough search of all types of
published literature in order to identify
a breadth of good quality references
relevant to a specific topic.
• The success of your research project is
dependent on a thorough review of the
academic literature at the outset.
11. Creating a Question
• Creating a well-focused question is the first step in a
literature search.
• Having a clear idea of what you are researching will
keep you on track with your searching, saving you
valuable time.
• A focused question will give you a better start with
your search because it will help you determine
appropriate keywords and limitations for your topic.
• When forming your question, make sure you are
specific about your research topic.
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14. LITERATURE REVIEW
A literature review is a text of a
scholarly paper, which includes
the current knowledge
including substantive findings,
as well as theoretical and
methodological contributions to
a particular topic.
16. LITERATURE REVIEW
• Identifies what is already known
about an area of study
• It may also:
• Identify questions a body of research
does not answer
• Make a case for why further study of
research questions is important to a
field
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18. RESEARCH QUESTION
A research question defines the scope of an
area of inquiry. It asks about the causal
relationship between x and y. It is founded
on a deep understanding of works in the
relevant area(s) of study and informed by
both what is known and not yet known in
that area.
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20. RESEARCH PURPOSE
•The research question guides
your literature review by
establishing its parameters and
articulating a researchable
question.
21. RESEARCH PROCESS
To frame a research question
• Identify an area of study which is of interest
• Refine this area of study based on an exploration of the
literature
• Examine research variables (e.g., gender, age, context,
area, duration, climate. etc.) which influence your
question
• Map the literature to identify relationships. Mapped
relationships may highlight issues or connections within
the field.
• Draw on what you have learned to draft your research
question
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23. LITERATURE REVIEW :PROCESS
• It is a research journey with several
steps:
• Framing a research question
• Searching relevant bodies of literature
• Managing search results
• Synthesizing the research literature
• Writing an assessment of the literature
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25. SEARCHING
• Purpose:
• Search the literature to gather the works of
scholars who have addressed your research
question.
• Process:
• Save time! Work with a librarian.
• Get the big picture. Search broad concepts , the
library catalog.
• Mine reference lists. Use Journals Search to find
the full text of articles cited.
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27. SEARCHING cont…
• Identify article databases for bodies of
literature relevant to your research
question.
• Use language from your research
question to begin your search and then
map your language to the subject
vocabulary of the databases you're
searching in.
• Use cited reference searching to find later
works that cite a particularly useful work.
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29. SOURCES OF INFORMATION/
Where to search?
• DIGITAL LIBRARIES
• INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES
• SUBJECT GATEWAYS
• PORTALS
• CONFERENCE PAPERS
• GOVT.PUBLICATIONS
• IMAGES
• LAWS AND STATUES
• NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
• STANDARDS
• STATISTICS –YEAR BOOKS
• THESES and DISSERTATIONS
32. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
• ONLINE DICTIONARIES
• SUBJECT DICTIONARIES
• ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS
• SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS
• THESAURUS
• ONLINE BOOKS –GOOGLE BOOKS
• FREE E-BOOKS
• BOOK CHAPTERS
33. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
• OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS -DOAJ
• OPEN ACCESS BOOKS- DOAB
• GREY LITERATURE -UNPUBLISHED
• SHODHGANGA –INFLIBNET
• SHODHGANGOTRI –INFLIBNET
• GOOGLE SCHOLAR
• ACADEMIC WEB SITES
34. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
• SPCIAL LIBRARIES –
• NCL PUNE –CHEMISTRY
• IUCAA PUNE - PHYSICS
• POLITICAL SCIENCE, ECONOMICS –GIPE
PUNE
• WEB OPACS OF LIBRARIES AND INFO.
CENTRES
• TRANSLATION CENTRES –NISCAIR
• TRANLATION EXPERTS OF SUBJECT
35. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
• Books
Books can be a good start on a topic, giving
you general or specific information. Check
that the book you are referring to is
up to date
• You can find books on your area of
research in an academic or special library.
• Consult with the librarian to help you find
any books that you need.
36. SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Journals
Journal articles are one of the best
sources of information as they can be
selected for being current and specific.
Most of the important and ground-
breaking research is published in
journals. Journal articles are best
found using citation databases,
37. SOURCES OF INFORMATION cont..
Internet
Internet sources are an invaluable source of
evidence. A lot of research and statistics are
published on the internet, especially those
sponsored by government, academic and non-for-
profit agencies e.g. Govt. of India ,TERI,
BARC,TIFR, IUCAA, GIPE.etc.
• Useful information, and government Reports,
Statistical Reports, (Census Report) policy, is
available in full and is free to download.
38. INTERNET:SOURCE OF INFORMATION
• Be extra careful in evaluating sites, as
anyone can put information on the
internet. There are good web portals,
such as Intuit.
• (www.intute.ac.uk)
• which serve as gateways to the
Internet. These portals provide links to
websites.
39. DEVELOP SEARCH STRATEGY
• Define Your Keywords
• It is very important to use targeted
keywords.
• Break up the topic you are
researching into its main concepts,
• then define keywords for each
concept.
40. Define your keywords
• Next, expand the list by writing down
synonyms and alternative phrasings
for each keyword.
• Also, use terms that you plan to
include in your own manuscript;
• this will indicate how relevant those
terms are in the field or whether you
should use more precise terms to
define your concepts.
41. AND
Connecting your keywords with AND tells
the search tool that all the words must be
present.
OR
Connecting your keywords with OR tells
the search tool that any of the words can
be present.
NOT
Using NOT in front of a key word tells the
search tool to exclude any page contains
that word. Some engines require you to
use AND NOT
42. SEARCH STRATEGY
• A search strategy is the planned
and structured organization of
terms used to search a database.
• The search strategy will also
indicate how these terms have
been combined in order to retrieve
optimal results.
43. SEARCH STRATEGY cont..
• Because you will be searching several
databases which work in different ways,
you will need to construct separate search
strategies specific to the database you are
using.
• This process is often referred to as
"tailoring" your search. You may also
decide to develop separate search strategies
for different sections or aspects of your
research.
44. Refining your search
There is no such thing as the perfect
search.
Every database search involves a
trade-off between sensitivity
(the proportion of all relevant studies in
the database that your search
retrieved) and specificity (the
proportion of all studies retrieved by
your search that are relevant).
45. Refining your search
• The more sensitive your search
strategy is, the less likely you are
to miss important papers.
• The disadvantage is that you are
also more likely to retrieve some
irrelevant references as well.
46. Refining your search cont…
• Balance your need to find all the key
papers against the work involved in
sifting through large numbers of results
• Take into account how much time you
have and the purpose of your literature
review. For example there is no point
searching for non-English-language
journal articles if you can't understand
them or have them translated
47. Refining your search cont…
• Consider the parameters of your project
before you start to search and be
transparent about any information you
exclude.
• Check your spelling
• It is very easy to make a simple typing or
spelling error (which will need correcting!)
• Has anything actually been written on
your chosen topic?
48. Refining your search cont..
• If you are writing a literature review and
cannot find any relevant research
(having used all the right techniques)
you may need to discuss the possibility
of changing to a new topic with your
supervisor.
• Is the search question too narrow?
• The sections on defining your search
question and identifying search
terms may help you broaden your topic.
49. Refining your search cont..
• Have you used Boolean operators
correctly?
• Have you used AND where you
should have used OR.
• Do you need to search more
databases?
• LISA,LISTA, SCOPUS, WEB OF
KNOWLEDGE etc.
50. Refining your search cont..
• Deciding which Database to Search?
• Scopus, web of knowledge, IEEE,
ASME, ASCE etc.
• Could you add more search terms to
your search strategy?
• You may need to think of alternative
words and spellings
• Are your date limits too restrictive?
51. CONCLUSION
• ICT KNOELEDGE- INFORMATION LITERACY
• SUBJECT EXPERT NETWORK PARICIPATION
• HIGH IMPACT FACTOR JOURNALS OF SUBJECT
• RESEARCH BODIES OF SUBJECT
• SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION
CENTERS OF SUBJECT
• LIBRARIAN CLOSE CONTACT
• SUBSCRIBE E-MAILALERT,RSS
• SOCIAL NETWOK SITES FOR RESEARCHER
• INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORIES
• DIGITAL LIBRARIES