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- 1. © Middlesex University Literature searching for your dissertation unihub.mdx.ac.uk PSY3330 2020
- 3. © Middlesex University What we will cover today • Information searching • Keywords and search operators • Databases • Finding Tests • Referencing • Research support resources Presentation title | 4
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- 6. © Middlesex University Learning Outcomes To pass this module you must be able to demonstrate that you have: Performed an extensive and independent search of library material Psychology final year project manual Presentation title
- 7. © Middlesex University Marking scheme for your dissertation GENERAL ASPECTS • Contribution to Knowledge: To what extent the writer justifies their project as a contribution to knowledge and sees the bigger picture • Critical Awareness: Demonstration of understanding of key issues, both theoretical and methodological, relating to the area of investigation • Practical Aspects: How well the writer meet acceptable standards for presentation, citation and referencing Presentation title | 8
- 8. © Middlesex University Plan your search strategy Before you start searching for information, take time to plan your search strategy. This is a crucial stage of the research process as: • It will save you time • Your searching will be more structured • Your search results will be more relevant Presentation title
- 9. © Middlesex University Information Flow Presentation title | 10 • Primary literature is where new research or theories are first revealed, and includes journals and conferences – original material • Secondary literature provides a more digested overview of a subject e.g. books – interpretation of other sources • Tertiary literature records facts and brief descriptions of key information, as in reference material e.g. encyclopaedias and dictionaries
- 10. © Middlesex University Lets go back to basics…… Presentation title
- 11. © Middlesex University My UniHub > My Study > My Library Presentation title
- 12. © Middlesex University Accessing library resources MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary
- 13. © Middlesex University Library Search Presentation title
- 14. © Middlesex University Resource in more detail Presentation title
- 15. © Middlesex University APA citation from library search Presentation title
- 16. © Middlesex University When you are looking for information about anything where do you go first? Presentation title
- 17. © Middlesex University Google…grumpy cat says no….. Presentation title
- 18. © Middlesex University Google vs Library Search http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennuiislife/3450743002/ Google • Easy to use • Information bubble • Search results sponsored • Any source • Pay for access Library Search • Easy to use • Finds information • Search results by relevance • Quality sources • Free access
- 19. © Middlesex University Presentation title Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites https://scholar.google.com/
- 20. © Middlesex University Google Scholar settings Presentation title 21
- 21. Search for and select Middlesex University 22
- 22. © Middlesex University Simple searches Presentation title | 23
- 23. © Middlesex University Google Scholar > Profiles Presentation title | 24
- 24. © Middlesex University Citation styles Presentation title
- 25. © Middlesex University What do you use to check your citations? Presentation title
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- 27. © Middlesex University Cite Them Right Online myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases > C http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/plagiarismreferencing
- 28. © Middlesex University Literature Searching: Planning your advanced search Presentation title | 29
- 29. © Middlesex University Get better results & find things faster • Spelling US v UK • behavior / behaviour • counselor / counsellor • Truncate * • Offend* = offending, offender, offenders • Phrases “__” (exact words in that order) • “substance abuse” • “cognitive behav* therapy” 30
- 30. © Middlesex University Synonyms A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another in the same language Health – physical, mental wellness Synonyms include Energy, Fitness, Strength, Well-being, Vigor, Healthiness, Stamina Antonyms include Lethargy, Weakness, Illness, Sickness 31
- 31. © Middlesex University Narrower Terms • When you start your search you should have lots of results the aim is to create a pyramid – wide at the beginning getting narrower at the top 32
- 32. OR OR = MORE You can use OR to expand a search in order to get MORE results
- 33. AND AND = Less AND requires all of the terms to be present AND makes your search results smaller
- 34. © Middlesex University Other ways to narrow your topic – limits and filters • People or participants: – Racial/cultural/nationality groups – Age – Type of participant • Way you measure it or methodology • Location • Timescale • Type of resource 35
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- 36. © Middlesex University Truncated Search results for Psych* • Psychology • Psychiatry • Psychic • Psychopath • Psychometric • Psychobabble • Psychedelic • Psychotic Presentation title
- 38. © Middlesex University Literature Searching… Using the databases Presentation title | 40
- 39. © Middlesex University Databases for research articles myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases Search for database by letter, then name
- 40. © Middlesex University Psych PG | 42 Web of Science – search MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W > Web of Science
- 41. © Middlesex University Web of Science – Results – Times Cited MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W > Web of Science Gives you a hyperlinked list of articles which cite this article
- 42. © Middlesex University Citation searching • Which articles have cited an earlier article • Updates to the research study you’ve been looking at • Find articles on similar/related subject • How many times an article has been cited • Best journals in your field
- 44. © Middlesex University Presentation title | 46 PsycINFO – Limit your results
- 45. © Middlesex University PsycINFO Search Advanced Search Presentation title | 47
- 46. © Middlesex University Presentation title | 48 Refinement tools Checks access
- 47. © Middlesex University Presentation title | 49 PsycINFO: Example advanced searches that Moving from narrow/specific to wider/broad Results go up in number…
- 48. © Middlesex University Repeat and improve = improved results • Try different things • React to your searches – why is there too much/not enough? • Follow citations and references • Expand your keywords as you go • Alternative or new keywords in results • Re-run your searches 50
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- 51. © Middlesex University My library > Databases Presentation title | 53
- 52. © Middlesex University Finding Psychological Tests: PsycTEST database Presentation title | 54 • Tests devised and used by researchers, academics, professors • Copyright-cleared • Find and use in your own experiment
- 53. © Middlesex University PsycTESTS database Simple subject search 55
- 54. © Middlesex University Or author/test name search Presentation title | 56 Click here to limit to full text TESTS
- 55. © Middlesex University Not all tests in PsycTESTS are full text
- 56. © Middlesex University Following up tests by checking sources… Presentation title | 58 …Use Library Search to see whether we have access to the article or the journal
- 57. © Middlesex University Referencing Presentation title | 59
- 58. © Middlesex University Why reference? • Demonstrate that you have read widely • Evidence of your research • Establish the credibility and authority of your ideas and arguments • Reader can locate original material used • Give credit to the author/creator • Highlight and back-up relevant points • Avoid plagiarism Adapted from: https://www.citethemrightonline.com/Basics/what-is-referencing
- 59. © Middlesex University See It, Cite It, Sorted - Cite Them Right Presentation title
- 60. © Middlesex University Example of a journal article citation Presentation title
- 61. © Middlesex University Managing your references Bibliographic management software Collect, manage and organize references Read annotate, organize and cite research Format papers | 63
- 62. © Middlesex University Set up a RefWorks account • myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases > R > New RefWorks • Use your live.mdx.ac.uk email and any password
- 63. © Middlesex University It’s not in the Library! • Inter Library Loans http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/interlibraryloan/ interlibraryloans • SCONUL Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/sconul- access • Other libraries http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psych/otherlibs
- 64. © Middlesex University To access the Library Subject Guide
- 65. © Middlesex University Need help? - Databases - Lit searching - Referencing • Psychology Library Subject Guide https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psych • Librarians in the StudyHub (1st floor) Monday – Friday 9-5 • Your librarian s.parry@mdx.ac.uk
- 66. © Middlesex University Essay writing companies • Unethical business • False claims • High charges/no standards • Get out clauses • Hard sell • University rules
- 67. © Middlesex University What should I do? • Report it • Stop and think • Get help https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/support/unihelp https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/writing-numeracy/drop-ins
- 68. © Middlesex University Buying coursework is cheating It’s against University Regulations: https://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/academic-integrity There are serious consequences: • Unfair advantage • Poor quality work • Open to blackmail • Suspension • Degree cancelled • Career prospects
- 69. © Middlesex University Summary • Make sure you understand your topic – go back to basic textbooks, use a dictionary of psychology, speak to you tutor • Keywords – breakdown your question into keywords to search on, keep adding to that list from the sources you find • Use more than 1 database! • Repeat your searches – you won’t get it right first time! • Remember to evaluate – CARP • Remember to reference correctly – APA, Cite Them Right • DON’T PANIC! Presentation title
- 70. © Middlesex University The End! Congratulations you have made it to the end of the session Any Questions?? s.parry@mdx.ac.uk Presentation title
- 71. © Middlesex University Final ahhhhhhhh Presentation title
Editor's Notes
- Do you recognise this building What is it called = kitten slide
- Name as many types of information resources/sources as you can think of – Word Cloud Which resources do you use most
- Question – Name the referencing style used by psychology students – APA APA is actually much better to use than Harvard. Lots of different versions of Harvard only 1 APA APA have a blog and an email you can send really complicated referencing questions to and they do answer! Tree Panda
- This is not how I want you to look at the end of the session…..
- When you start out, you may feel overwhelmed by the breadth of information available. However, by planning your searches in advance and applying effective search techniques, you will find the most relevant content for your needs.
- Information Sources are typically categorised into three broad categories
- To ensure full text access to the Library’s online subscriptions, before you search: Log-in to myUniHub > My Study > My Library
- You can find links to library resources and other services in MyLibrary. Library search Referencing Library guides Databases Interlibrary loans
- Citation, refworks, pin – create saved search lists under labels Remember to sign in to get full access Refine options – resource type, scholarly peer reviewed, date – refining always makes the number of your results smaller
- Physical book – location, campus, shelf number How many copies available Request if all on loan
- Google Familiar and easy to use but can find too much information of varying quality Search results can be manipulated….information bubble…..search engines like Google start to learn what you are not interested in, so stop showing you some search results Search results sponsored…no accident that Wikipedia, Amazon etc at top of search results Searches for info from any source Pay for academic information Library Search Easy to use and will finds lots of academic info Designed to find you information: up-to-date, focussed/specific Search results by relevance Searches quality resources eg. Peer reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings , research etc Free access to full text ie. Information not freely available elsewhere
- Features of Google Scholar Search all scholarly literature from one convenient place Explore related works, citations, authors, and publications Locate the complete document through your library or on the web Keep up with recent developments in any area of research Check who's citing your publications, create a public author profile
- Locate the full-text document through your library or on the web: Change settings etc to link to MDX resources. You only need to do this once on your own laptop/device, but need to be logged on to MyUniHub.
- Star symbol = save Quotes = cite Number of articles which have cited this article Related articles Click on the author’s name to see their profile Google Scholar is good, but limited ability to combine different keywords. Older articles can appear first in results, so use the date limits on the left hand side of the screen.
- Authors of resources can build up a google scholar profile: this is the one for David Westley…..whatever happened to him??
- Example of citation in different styles Always check with them Cite them right
- Cite them right
- Idea of comprehensive searching – properly surveying the research area
- These either stop you from missing things out (diff spellings & truncation) or make your results more specific and relevant (speech marks) Go into demo
- A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another in the same language. Synonyms. Using more than one word or spelling. Eg: woman, won’t find women or female, or girls. Helps to be thorough and not miss things.
- Narrow down your search by combining keywords
- Another way to narrow your search is by using Boolean Operators Or = More. What is OR? Make the students shout more. If they don’t make them! I use a pantomime style to get this going. I tell the story of wanting to get a pet but not being able to decide between a puppy or a kitten. So I do a search for Puppy OR kitten. I get everything for puppy, everything for kitten. But this is too much.
- AND = Less, it makes the search smaller. Ask the students OR = ? And make them shout it out. If OR = more the AND = Less. What does AND = ? (make students shout this out). Point out the Venn diagram and how we have only material which has all of our terms. Then recap. OR=? AND=? The more the students shout this the more it will stick!
- It may be that you already know your topic is not narrow enough yet and want to think about ways to narrow, or you may want to start searching so you can look at other articles and decide how to narrow/how you can narrow. And you may NEED to survey the area first before you can decide on your specific topic and research.
- Do you remember about truncated searches? Just put in the beginning of the word followed by the asterisk symbol?
- Lots of databases out there don’t just use your own specialist ones PsycArticles PsychINFO PubMed Web of Science Medline Science Direct ….
- Students can also search individual databases. You can find databases via subject OR by the name of the database if you know it…..P for Psych Different to Library search as databases are often subject specific
- This is what Web of Science looks like. Basic search screen just use one key word – remember the use of the * to truncate and widen your search eg PSYCH* If you want to add another search term click on the add row Option to use And to narrow your search Or to widen it Topic drop down list shows fields you can search in eg title, author, subject
- 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
- Although you are using Psych Info you can also search Psyc Articles and Psyc Tests and Medline at the same time be selecting the Choose Databases option Lots of ways you can limit your search results from this screen
- Ok time for a stretch Everyone stand up – shrug your shoulders, shake your arms, clench your backside muscles, take some deep breaths A quokka is a member of the same family as kangaroos and wallabies. Found on some islands off the coast of western Australia, herbivore, mainly nocturnal about the size of a domestic cat
- Demonstrate getting to PsycTEST database via mylibrary>databases.
- Demonstrate… Perform search for self esteem SIMPLE SEARCHES NOT ALL TESTS ARE FREELY AVAILABLE.
- Demonstrate… Start to type “Rosenberg self-esteem scale” and the database will make prediction based on popular searches. Demonstrate following the first link doesn’t give us the actual test… no full-text. Show limit to full-text. Follow link to a pdf.
- You could see whether you can find the article in which the test was written about. Follow the research paper-trail to see how it was used, applied in practice, and how the data it produced was assessed and analysed, as well as whether the scoring system is included within the article or appendices.
- Demonstrate that you have read widely on the subject and considered and evaluated the writings of others Show your tutor the evidence of your research and thereby appreciate your contribution to the topic Establish the credibility and authority of your ideas and arguments Enable the reader to locate the original material you used Give credit to the original author/creator Enable the reader to form their own views on the value of your sources and how you have interpreted them Distinguish between your own ideas and opinions and those of others Highlight and back-up relevant points by quoting, paraphrasing or summarising from the original text Achieve a better mark or grade Avoid plagiarism.
- Always check your references against Cite them right List of types of resources along the top Browse by referencing style along the bottom Remember you are using APA which edition???
- Remember 7th edition being used now
- Refworks is online software that helps you collect store and organise the references you use in your work. It makes producing a reference list or bibliography quick and easy. It is web based so you can access your references from anywhere
- Inter Library Loan service: request copies of books and journals not held by MDX. £3 charge. Register the first time you use the service. More info on our website. SCONUL Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/ The SCONUL Access Scheme provides reciprocal access and borrowing rights for staff and students to approximately 170 member institutions in the UK. Apply online. Other libraries (specialist, catalogues etc): British Library http://www.bl.uk/ COPAC http://copac.ac.uk/ COPAC is a union catalogue that gives access to the merged online catalogues of members of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL). Twenty major university libraries currently contribute to COPAC. Search25 http://www.search25.ac.uk/: helps you discover library resources across London and the South East. You can also see where the libraries are and find out how to visit them. EthOS – access to British Library collection of theses via this online service
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- There are risks associated with buying coursework such as essays, dissertations and projects from essay writing services such as the one on the screen. It’s cheating and against University Rules and there are serious consequences: We will stop students using it to get an unfair advantage You may waste your money paying for poor quality work which gets you worse results You may find yourself open to blackmail by the essay writing company: They know you have paid for their services and may then ask for more money or threaten to tall the University what you have done. You could be suspended or lose your place at University because of your academic misconduct. This is very serious and……. ……..could mean your degree is cancelled later in life ……..could have a negative impact on your future career prospects, as your employer might then fire you.