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Research Skills

Research Skills. Outline. Review article formats Organizing and writing Review search tools and techniques Organizing sources. Format Review. Pubmed list for Asthma https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1n7VnhD4FbeAr/collections/56327746/public/. Information needs.

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Research Skills

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  1. Research Skills

  2. Outline • Review article formats • Organizing and writing • Review search tools and techniques • Organizing sources

  3. Format Review • Pubmed list for Asthma https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1n7VnhD4FbeAr/collections/56327746/public/

  4. Information needs • Background information • ? • Current information • ?

  5. Research/Writing Process • Starting? • Do you need background information before/after/during? • Techniques • Mapping • Brainstorming • Outline • During? • What is the process? • Ending? • When do you have enough sources? When are you finished writing?

  6. Mapping

  7. Outline • Topic • Subtopic 1 • Point 1 • Evidence 1 • Evidence 2 • Point 2 • Evidence 1 • Subtopic 2 • Point 1 • Evidence 1 • Etc….

  8. Research/Writing Process • Starting? • Do you need background information before/after/during? • Techniques • Mapping • Outline • Brainstorming • During? • What is the process? • Ending? • When do you have enough sources? When are you finished writing?

  9. Writing Process • Not linear Plan > Research > Write > Edit • Messy Search > plan > write > plan more > search again > rewrite > etc

  10. Research/Writing Process • Starting? • Do you need background information before/after/during? • Techniques • Mapping • Brainstorming • Outline • During? • What is the process? • Ending? • When do you have enough sources? When are you finished writing?

  11. When to stop? • Starting with a plan will make it easier to know when to stop • Decide how much information do you need to make each point

  12. Search Technique Review • PICO • Population • Intervention • Comparator • Outcome • Techniques • Boolean operators AND vs OR • Asterix • Quotation marks • Proximity operator

  13. Search Tool Review • Pubmed • MeSH – geography > subheadings • Filters – population > document > dates • Similar articles • CINAHL (Ebsco) • proximity operator – Nx • PsychINFO (Proquest) • Proximity operator - N/n • Test & measure • Web of Science • Highly cited in field • Hot papers

  14. Asthma worksheet • Find one background information source • Use any search tool • Select a subtopic • Find one current information source • Use a search tool that you are not used to using.

  15. Brainstorming • Asthma?

  16. Writing - Think of your audience • Define your terms • Do my potential readers share a common definition of the concepts I am discussing? • Avoid buzzwords • Could this term or topic be understood differently by different readers? • Provide context • Is this an idea that is particularly present in my own environment? • Explain why your topic is important • Am I assuming that the reader already believes in the importance of this issue?

  17. News article • American Scientist • The Guardian • Reading level MS word • File > Options > Proofing tab • Go to When correcting spelling and grammar in Word heading • Check Show readability statistics • Click OK and exit • Review > Spelling & Grammar • Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level

  18. Grant proposal • The Professor is in • University of Georgia

  19. Citation Management • Mendeley • Zotero • Endnote

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