Advanced Research Skills

Advanced Research Skills

JESSICA NORMANJESSICA.NORMAN@SAIT.CA 403-210-

4073

Where Do I Start?Literature Review- surveys scholarly articles, books and other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory, providing a description, summary, and critical evaluation of each work.

Where Do I Start?Four Broad Stages of Literature Review: - Define your topic and components of your topic - Search for materials - Evaluate what you have found - Analyze and interpret your findings

Library Services to Support FacultyIn-depth Research ConsultationInterlibrary LoanPublishing Information

Library Services to Support FacultyInformation about these services available at:http://library.sait.ca/servicesfaculty.asp http://libguides.sait.ca/scholarly

Library Resources: Find Your NicheSpecialized databases are found:Find e-Journals pageFind Databases pageSubject Guides page

Library Resources: Stay Up to DateEDS & EBSCO databases: Save a search as an Alert ProQuest databases: Save a search as an AlertRSS feeds

Internet Resources: What is it good for? - Useful for finding nontraditional (grey) literature such

as conference proceedings, organizational reports, white papers, and patents.

- Can be helpful to track down partial citations or obscure resources.

Internet Resources: Helpful Hints for http://scholar.google.ca/ - Connect to your Library for faster access

• Settings> Library Links

- Set up email alerts from results page

Internet Resources: Be SocialSocial Networking Sites for academics: Google Scholar ResearchGate Academia.edu

Can create profile Yes Yes Yes

Able to join and follow groups of interest

No Yes Yes

Can link to article URLS

Yes Yes Yes

Can upload PDFs No Yes Yes

What Do I Do Next?Manage your references with citation softwareHave a plan to manage your dataContact a friendly Librarian

Questions?JESSICA NORMAN

JESSICA.NORMAN@SAIT.CA 403-210-4073