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LITERATURE SEARCHINGUTS Library
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WHAT DOES THE LIBRARY DO?
Collect resources,
point you to the most appropriate ones
help you search
help you reference.
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SEARCHING IS A BIT LIKE DOING
CROSSWORDS…
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ANYONE CAN DO IT, HOWEVER … A
GOOD SEARCHER WILL DO IT FASTER
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THERE ARE ALSO PRACTICES THAT WILL
MAKE YOU MORE EFFICIENT BEFORE
DURING AND AFTER SEARCHING…
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THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT TODAY
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MEET THE RESEARCH CYCLE…
1. Background reading and preparation
2. Scope your topic
3. Identify search tools
4. Search
5. Evaluate & Revise
6. Collate & Track results
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1. BACKGROUND READING AND
PREPARATION..
There are many ways to prepare yourself for research –
there is no right or wrong
However, all involve a little reading and a little thinking
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2. SCOPE YOUR TOPIC(AKA GETTING TO KNOW THE INFORMATION
LANDSCAPE)
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Some folks will just think it out on paper…
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SOME WILL MIND MAP FREEHAND..
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SOME WILL USE SOFTWARE TO MIND MAP(THIS EXAMPLE HAS A BEFORE AND AFTER WIKIPEDIA MIND MAP)
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DO WHATEVER FEELS
RIGHT TO YOU, BUT
REMEMBER..The point of background reading and
preparation is to develop the best search terms
you can find to answer your question
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3. IDENTIFY SEARCH TOOLS
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Where to start? One way to figure it out is to try the same
search across platforms…
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SOME FOLKS WILL RECORD ALL THIS IN
A SPREADSHEET(AGAIN THERE IS NO ONE METHOD – DO WHAT
WORKS FOR YOU)
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4. SEARCH!
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THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SEARCH
You can search big
You can search small
The main thing is to search -
MORE THAN ONCE IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE
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A SMALL SEARCH is very specific and returns low hits…
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A BIG SEARCH is very broad and returns lots of hits…
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fashions among Viennese Jewish men during the early twentieth century
Some databases incorporate elements of a big
and small search at the same time…
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AND SOME DATABASES LET YOU
REFINE FROM BIG TO SMALL
Source type Subject heading
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If your search is multidisciplinary, some databases will
help with that too…
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ANYWAY, IT’S TIME TO PLAY…
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5. EVALUATE AND REVISE
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Evaluation is just like searching – it can be done in different ways
In this example, results
are parsed through a
‘quick and dirty’
evaluation checklist…
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Others will go into greater depth…
This is an example
of an annotated
bibliography..
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REMEMBER: IT’S COMMON TO FEEL
OVERWHELMED AT FIRST… (BUT THINGS WILL GET BETTER WITHOUT YOU REALIZING)
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SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT SEARCHES:
- FEEDBACK INFORMATION YOU’VE LEARNED
- PLUG GAPS
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6. COLLATE AND TRACK RESULTS..
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There are tools that will help your workflow and
also help you with your writing
Eg: EndNote
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YOU’LL KNOW YOU’RE FINISHED WHEN:EVERYTHING STARTS TO FEEL FAMILIAR
YOU CAN’T FIND ANYTHING NEW