Information Overload Sam Aston, Info Skills Trainer

Discovery ToolsTime Technology

Bookmarking ToolsCurrent Awareness

PersonalisationAdvanced SearchControl your search

Reference Management

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Example Search Profile

• Topic• Research Question

• Aim of the Investigation– Parameters

– Time– Place

• Languages• Keywords

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Search techniques

• Boolean logic – (AND, OR & NOT) (University of Leicester)

• AND will link the terms to find only articles that mention both concepts – eg: tobacco AND advertising

• OR will broaden the search by looking for synonyms, alternative spellings, abbreviations and plurals – eg: United Nations OR UN

• NOT can be used when you need to narrow the search by excluding certain keywords or concepts – eg: industrial action NOT fire service

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Bibliography

• HART, C. 2001. Doing a literature search : a comprehensive guide for the social sciences, London, SAGE.

• ORNA, E. & STEVENS, G. 1995. Managing information for research, Buckingham, Open University Press.

• POTTER, S. 2006. Doing postgraduate research, London, The Open University in associaton with SAGE Publications.

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