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Effective Literature Searching for CCi Researchers

Effective Literature Searching for CCi Researchers. greta.friggens@port.ac.uk. Support for researchers. https://library.port.ac.uk/10551. I’m new to UoP, is there a basic guide to the library?. https://library.port.ac.uk. The research cycle. Idea. Well researched piece of work.

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Effective Literature Searching for CCi Researchers

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  1. Effective Literature Searching for CCi Researchers greta.friggens@port.ac.uk

  2. Support for researchers https://library.port.ac.uk/10551

  3. I’m new to UoP, is there a basic guide to the library? https://library.port.ac.uk

  4. The research cycle Idea Well researched piece of work Reginald Marsh, Unidentified woman riding a bicycle. From Artstor.

  5. START Synthesise the information & write the assignment Understand the project requirements Review the research process; identify gaps in your research & repeat Select a broad topic of interest to research Record your steps and reference your sources Critically evaluate what you’ve found: authority, accuracy, currency Undertake some background research & experimental searches Search again using database subject headings, author/ journal searches Turn your topic into a research question & map themes/sections Undertake some in-depth research; look at results & read the abstracts Identify keywords and phrases & identify library resources to search

  6. Where do I start with experimental searches? https://library.port.ac.uk

  7. You have to start somewhere: Discovery Service Great for quick & dirty searching AND you can see which resources give you the best results Find out what else authors have written BUT no citation search Searches 100s of library databases BUT not all Advanced search features BUT searching too many resources to work well Default UoP full-text results BUT default can be removed MyEbsco Host account to save searches, results and to set up search alerts BUT remember to sign in Guide to Discovery

  8. How do I define and apply a search strategy? https://library.port.ac.uk/guides/docs/LG591.pdf

  9. Discuss the roles of gender, feminism and social mobility within the vehicle of sitcom • Gender Feminism Social Mobility Sitcom Female/Wom?n Male/Man/Boy Transgender Women’s rights “Women’s movement” Female emancipation Equality Femini* Hierarchy Stratification Vertical mobility Horizontal mobility Upwardly mobile Situation comedy Television series Not going out Truncation * Femini* will find feminine, feminism, femininity Wildcard ?Wom?n will find woman, women Phrase searching “” will find both words next to each other “Not going out”

  10. Advanced searching / Boolean logic: Find out more with this video guide to Boolean Searching

  11. Do you have any tips for managing my search results? Look out for any personal sign-in options

  12. Alternatively…. To gather results from today’s session and send them to your email, or if you have created an account, saves them on to the database Copy & paste the citation Direct export to reference management tools

  13. Where else can I search for information? Image Credit: Joybot, City post-its: Wall. From Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0

  14. What about Google Scholar? Great for quick & dirty searching BUT it’s a general search engine operating across a varying range of data Helpful advanced search features BUT you need to find them Searches some library databases BUT not all Can find ‘cited by’ publications BUT only those covered by Google Scholar You can add a profile & save your searches BUT does that modify your search results? Beware! Predatory journals Guide:

  15. How do I identify other library resources to search?

  16. What specialist research resources should I know about and why?

  17. What if the library doesn’t have everything I need? • Finding Open Access Resources • Inter-library loans service – items sent to UoP • Library Hub Discover, British Library Catalogue& WorldCat • Ethos – PhDs written in UK Universities • Archives Hub - UK archive collections • SCONUL Access – to visit UK and Irish University Libraries

  18. START Synthesise the information & write the assignment Understand the project requirements Review the research process; identify gaps in your research & repeat Select a broad topic of interest to research Record your steps and reference your sources Critically evaluate what you’ve found: authority, accuracy, currency Undertake some background research & experimental searches Search again using database subject headings, author/ journal searches Turn your topic into a research question & map themes/sections Undertake some in-depth research; look at results & read the abstracts Identify keywords and phrases & identify library resources to search

  19. What are the next steps on my research journey?

  20. Library staff can help you with research or referencing https://library.port.ac.uk/help/

  21. JOIN US ONLINE@uoplibrary@uoppenguin

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