M10y1 presentation

by Aurelie Gandour

Your Personal Librarian

Helen [email protected] 8938 2318

Online Help

• The Moodle course for Information Skills

• A Help Blog with lots of info

• The Twitter account for Information Skills: @iSkillsTavi

• The library’s main Twitter account: @tapchat

• The library’s Facebook: Tavilibrary

A literature review aims to review the critical points of

current knowledge on a particular topic.

The Literature Review

The goal is to bring the reader up to date

with current literature on a topic and to form the basis for future research that may be needed in the area.

Product vs Process

What the process entails

Finding a relevant topic

Determining good keywords

Searching the literature

Reading, taking notes

Writing up the review(while citing accurately

the documents you found)

Concluding on the research possibilities on the subject

Number 1 Tip: get a notebook

Finding your Topic

Start broad, narrow it down later

Gathering your first leads

Just ask!

Go through your Reading List

Subject Guides• A current snapshot • Specific subject areas • Videos, podcasts,

newsreels, scholarly articles, current articles from journals…

• New information is being fed onto the pages hourly, daily or weekly.

Staff Publications• A repository that

collects together the work of clinical and academic staff

• Simple records• But often full-text• Follow us online!

Unwinding the thread…

• Papers from the same author

• Papers in the same journal

• This paper’s bibliography

YOU SHOULD CHECK

Checking the Catalogue

• Find physical documents: books, dvds, theses, pamphlets…

• And eBooks!• Put documents on hold• Make suggestions

The One-Stop-Shop for Journals

• JOURNALS, not articles• Find them, access them

Library vs Shibboleth accounts




Library Login:Allows you to log into the library's catalogue to:• See what documents are

on your card;• Renew them;• Put documents on hold;• Ask for interlibrary loans;


Library Login:Allows you to log into the library's catalogue to:• See what documents are

on your card;• Renew them;• Put documents on hold;• Ask for interlibrary loans;

Shibboleth Account:• Log into Moodle• Access your reading-list• Access online resources

such as:– E-books;– Online journals;– Bibliographic

databases...

What to do if we don’t have it

• Check the One-Stop-Shop for journals;• Google it;• Send an e-mail to the author;• Ask for an inter-library loan (cost: £6);• Go to the British Library (photocopies:

£0.25 a page).

Time for a quizz!

Time for a quizz!• How would you

search for an eBook?

• Where would you look for a thesis written by a staff member?

• How can you access a bunch of articles on a particular subject?

Let’s take a break!

Zeroing on your topic

Finding specific documentson your topic

Back to the catalogue

• The library’s catalogue• The British Library’s• The Library of Congress’• …

Bibliographic Databases

A list of sources of information like:

Journals, Articles, Books...

These information sources are shown as records.

Each record contains everything you need to know about the information source.

Sometimes you only have the record.

Sometimes you can directly access the article in Full Text.

WHAT ARE THEY?

Bibliographic Databases

Library website > databases

Look them all up to decide on the ones you should use!

HOW TO ACCESS THEM?

Doing a Literature Search

Write down your topic

AN EXAMPLE:

Parents’ experience of receiving an autism diagnosis for their child.

Identify important keywords

AN EXAMPLE:

Parents’ experience of receiving an autism diagnosis for their child.

Find variations on keywords

You should think of: • synonyms, • plurals, • verbs / nouns, • US spelling…

Find variations on keywords

ParentsParent

ParentingParental attitude

AutismAutistic spectrum

Aspergers syndrome

DiagnosisDiagnostic process

ChildChildren

Childhood

Now, it’s time to search!

When searching, it’s best to start very large and to narrow down step by step…

First, a useful tool

BOOLEAN OPERATORS

Link!

Know you know what you want:

ParentsParentParentingParental attitude

AutismAutistic spectrum

Aspergers syndrome

Diagnosis

Diagnostic process

ChildChildren

Childhood

ORO

R OR

OR

OR O

R

OR

OR

AND

AND AN

D

Let’s search each group

Group 1

ParentsParentParentingParental attitude

Parent*

* = truncation symbol

Mind where you put the *!

PsychiatryPsychiatricPsychiatrist

Psychia*

Mind where you put the *!

PsychosisPsychoticPsychedelicPsychologyPsychologistPsychologicalPsychopathyPsychosomatic

PsychotherapyPsychopathologyPsychoanalysisPsychiatryPsychiatricPsychiatristPsyche, etc.

Psych*

Group 2

Autis* OR Aspergers

AutismAutistic spectrumAspergers syndrome

Group 3

Diagnos*

DiagnosisDiagnostic process

Group 4

ChildChildren

Childhood

Characteristic of the group studied

Limiters

Link it!

Diagnos*Parent* Autis* OR Aspergers

AND

AND

Too many results? Limit!

• Linked full-text• Publication year• Age• Gender• Methodology• Tests &

Measures

USEFUL LIMITERS:

Exercise: Tips and Tools for a Good Search

Got something good? Save it!

Your EBSCOhost account

• Your searches• Your references

TO SAVE:

Unwinding the thread…

• Papers from the same author

• Papers in the same journal

• This paper’s bibliography

• Papers that reference this paper in their bibliography

YOU SHOULD CHECK

See you soon!

And if need be, send me your questions!

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