PSY3330 lecture 2017
- 1. © Middlesex University Literature searching for your dissertation unihub.mdx.ac.uk PSY3330
- 2. © Middlesex University Quiz… phones out… Presentation title | 2
- 3. © Middlesex University What we will cover today • Finding Tests – where and how • Simple searches: Summon vs Google • Keywords and search operators (* “ ” etc) • Advanced searches: WOS and PsycINFO • Referencing • Where you can get help Presentation title | 3 Want to see a kitten? Question time… (let’s try it)
- 4. © Middlesex University Let’s practice… Presentation title | 4
- 5. © Middlesex University PSY3330 Handbook: Literature Review p.13 Presentation title
- 6. © Middlesex University PSY3330 Handbook: Marking criteria p.39 Presentation title
- 7. © Middlesex University Marking scheme for your dissertation. GENERAL ASPECTS • Contribution to Knowledge: To what extent the writer justifies their project as a contribution to knowledge and sees the bigger picture • Critical Awareness: Demonstration of understanding of key issues, both theoretical and methodological, relating to the area of investigation • Practical Aspects: How well the writer meet acceptable standards for presentation, citation and referencing Presentation title | 7
- 8. © Middlesex University Presentation title | 8 Contribution to Knowledge: To what extent the writer justifies their project as a contribution to knowledge and sees the bigger picture Critical Awareness: Demonstration of understanding of key issues, both theoretical and methodological, relating to the area of investigation
- 9. © Middlesex University Finding resources myUniHub > My Study > My Library Select Summon and search for information for your topics
- 10. © Middlesex University Summon Presentation title | 10
- 11. Google Scholar – make sure you access what you’ve paid for! 11
- 12. Search for and select Middlesex University 12
- 13. © Middlesex University Simple searches Presentation title | 13
- 14. © Middlesex University Simple searches - Summon vs Google Summon Google Simple search function (Google for paid-for University resources) Simple search function Searches many journal databases and subscriptions Searches many journal websites A lot of full-text (and easy to filter results by full-text) Not all full-text (but can set up to access MDX journals through Unihub) Up-to-date – largest databases updated daily/weekly Up-to-date articles from the big publishers – not-so-good coverage of small journals Easy to filter to Psychology journals Hard to filter (searching all subject areas) Presentation title | 14
- 15. © Middlesex University Literature Searching: Planning your advanced search Presentation title | 15
- 16. © Middlesex University Get better results & find things faster • Spelling US v UK • behavior / behaviour • counselor / counsellor • Truncate * • Offend* = offending, offender, offenders • Phrases “__” (exact words in that order) • “substance abuse” • “cogntive behav* therapy” 16
- 17. © Middlesex University Synonyms Criminal Drug addiction Treatment Criminal* “Substance abuse” Therapy Offender* “Illicit drugs” Counsel* Convict* “Illegal drugs” Program* “Criminal population” Inmate* “Criminal justice system” 17
- 18. © Middlesex University Narrower Terms 18 Criminal Drug addiction Treatment “Youth offender*” “repeat offender*” “first time offender*” “violent offender*” HMP “serial offenders” “vulnerable offenders”
- 19. © Middlesex University Other ways to narrow your topic • People or participants: – Racial/cultural/nationality groups – Age – Type of participant • Way you measure it • Sub-factors (E.g. Media effect on self esteem): – Fashion and Beauty media – Effect on body image or self worth – Among Women / students – Among students in UK/Dubai/Mauritius 19
- 20. © Middlesex University Keywords activity • Piece of paper per row with a topic on it • Each person add either a synonym or narrower term for that idea or concept • Pass the paper along your row • Can it make it all the way along the row without running out of words? • Remember UK/US spellings and you can Google for synonyms! 5 minutes! Presentation title | 20
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- 22. © Middlesex University Literature Searching… Using the databases Presentation title | 22 Contribution to Knowledge: To what extent the writer justifies their project as a contribution to knowledge and sees the bigger picture Critical Awareness: Demonstration of understanding of key issues, both theoretical and methodological, relating to the area of investigation
- 23. © Middlesex University Databases for research articles myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases Search for database by letter, then name
- 24. © Middlesex University Psych PG | 24 Web of Science
- 25. © Middlesex University Web of Science – Results – Times Cited MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W > Web of Science Gives you a hyperlinked list of articles which cite this article
- 26. © Middlesex University Citation searching • Which articles have cited an earlier article • Updates to the research study you’ve been looking at • Find articles on similar/related subject • How many times an article has been cited • Best journals in your field
- 27. © Middlesex University PsycINFO looks kind of like this... Presentation title | 27
- 28. © Middlesex University Presentation title | 28 PsycINFO – Access via Unihub > Databases
- 29. © Middlesex University Presentation title | 29 PsycINFO – options and limits
- 30. © Middlesex University Presentation title | 30 limits Full text
- 31. © Middlesex University Repeat and improve = improved results • Try different things • React to your searches – why is there too much/not enough? • Follow citations • Expand your keywords as you go • Alternative or new keywords in results — Re-run your searches 31
- 32. © Middlesex University Getting full text of journal articles • Troubleshooting guide can be found here http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psyaccess • Double check library catalogue • Copy journal title into search • Choose ‘journal keyword’ • Find record • Find correct date • Go to Author’s website/institution’s repository 32
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- 35. © Middlesex University Finding Psychological Tests: PsycTEST database Presentation title | 35 • Tests devised and used by researchers, academics, professors • Copyright-cleared • Find and use in your own experiment
- 36. © Middlesex University My library > Databases Presentation title | 36
- 37. © Middlesex University PsycTESTS database Simple subject search 37
- 38. © Middlesex University Or author/test name search Presentation title | 38 Click here to limit to full text TESTS
- 39. © Middlesex University Not all tests in PsycTESTS are full text
- 40. © Middlesex University Following up tests by checking sources… Presentation title | 40 …search Summon for the article or the Library catalogue for the journal
- 41. © Middlesex University Look for tests from previous studies in journal articles —They may be in the appendix —You may find the authoritative test by Googling (confirm with tutor) —Email academics: They may send you the test, and often lots more useful info too! 41
- 42. © Middlesex University Psychology department test library — Myunihub > My study > My Learning > PSY3330 — NOT in Sheppard Library! — Find index of tests (word document) — Download and complete Test Request form. Hand or Email to Nicky Brunswick • TG61 – n.brunswick@mdx.ac.uk (Wednesday – Friday only). – Subject: ‘Test Library Request’ – Give name and Student ID and copy in your supervisor — She will collect the test when possible — You will not get the test immediately Presentation title | 42
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- 44. © Middlesex University Presentation title | 44 Practical Aspects: How well the writer meet acceptable standards for presentation, citation and referencing
- 45. © Middlesex University Cite them right Presentation title | 45 examples Gives you a formatted example to type over
- 46. © Middlesex University Managing your references • Save your references on the go. • Within search results in Summon • From the database you are using (and at article level) • At general websites using the bookmarklet tool https://theconversation.com/hypernormalisation-and-why-heathrow-plan-is-proof-we- exist-in-a-catastrophic-fantasyland-67674 • Use the RefWorks plugin in Word to add/import references as you type your essays • More information: Library Subject Guides > User Guides > Referencing & Plagiarism http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/plagiarismreferencing | 46
- 47. © Middlesex University It’s not in the Library! • Inter Library Loans http://bit.ly/InterLibraryLoans • SCONUL Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/ sconul-access • Other libraries http://bit.ly/visitingotherlibraries
- 48. © Middlesex University To access the Library Subject Guide
- 49. © Middlesex University Need help? - Databases - Lit searching - Referencing • Psychology Library Subject Guide http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psy • Librarians in the StudyHub (1st floor) Monday – Friday 9-5 • Your librarian j.iona@mdx.ac.uk
- 50. © Middlesex University More help • Book onto a dissertation workshop • If working on a group project try and come along in your groups Presentation title | 50
Editor's Notes
- #3: Note how many start with google…
- #10: Need to carry out a literature search: Finding the information available on a subject Finding information to inform, underpin and shape your research Finding what has already been written on a subject Analyzing, evaluating and making judgements about the info found Identifying the main trends Finding appropriate information: the information needs to be suitable for your need ie. right level, current if important, sufficient breadth or detail etc
- #11: Demonstrate how to get to Summon and the search for therapy offenders mental illness
- #15: How many start with Google? Exactly what they say on the tin. Quick simple search
- #16: Idea of comprehensive searching – properly surveying the research area
- #17: These either stop you from missing things out (diff spellings & truncation) or make your results more specific and relevant (speech marks) Go into demo
- #18: One way to do this is to use as many synonyms for our topic as may be used in journal article titles/abstracts. Synonyms. Using more than one word or spelling. Eg: woman, won’t find women or female, or girls. Helps to be thorough and not miss things.
- #20: It may be that you already know your topic is not narrow enough yet and want to think about ways to narrow, or you may want to start searching so you can look at other articles and decide how to narrow/how you can narrow. And you may NEED to survey the area first before you can decide on your specific topic and research.
- #21: Thinking about these things.....
- #22: It’s that time again… Want to see a kitten?
- #24: Students can also search individual databases. This is better than summon in many ways because of the increased functionality of databases, and their specific tools.
- #25: This is what Web of Science looks like. Explain the idea of building searches within the database using Boolean logic and synonyms to broaden and narrow. Narrowing by date.
- #27: Which articles have cited an earlier article ie. Way of looking forward in the literature-if have found excellent article, can use a citation index to see which articles have subsequently cited it Find articles on similar/related subjects: Citation implies subject relationship, so can find papers on a similar topic without using any keywords or subject terms Find out how many times a paper has been cited ie. gauge the usefulness/quality. esteem of a paper Determine which are the best journals in your field: citation data used to rank journals within particular subject areas…..useful way of seeing how journals perform in relation to others in the same subject area
- #30: Range of limiters and refinements
- #32: Example - point 2 expanding keyword search – official term postnatal depression – upon searching for the first years discovered many article titles and abstracts instead mentioned ‘maternal depression’ – picking up on this allowed us to expand our search. NOTE you can often build an answer to a very general question like this (pick a few select aspects which cover the scope of the large topic you are addressing and this will make your life easier) For e.g. Effect on child development of postnatal depression - Could look at 1 article from a few key age groups and answer your question that way.
- #33: Remember not all the databases are full text so check the LIBRARY CATALOGUE… it might be that we have access to the full-text of an article via another database. Demonstrate searching lib cat for journal of research in personality
- #34: Last go at seeing a kitten…
- #37: Demonstrate getting to PsycTEST database via mylibrary>databases.
- #38: Demonstrate… Perform search for self esteem SIMPLE SEARCHES NOT ALL TESTS ARE FREELY AVAILABLE.
- #39: Demonstrate… Start to type “Rosenberg self-esteem scale” and the database will make prediction based on popular searches. Demonstrate following the first link doesn’t give us the actual test… no full-text. Show limit to full-text. Follow link to a pdf.
- #41: You could see whether you can find the article in which the test was written about. Follow the research paper-trail to see how it was used, applied in practice, and how the data it produced was assessed and analysed, as well as whether the scoring system is included within the article or appendices. So, open Summon, copy-paste article title and search. Open article. Or search for the journal in the library catalogue. Follow the link. Search for the article in the database. Also show that you can see which other articles have cited this article.
- #43: Nicky works part time – Wednesday afternoons, Thursday and Friday – so don’t expect a reply at the beginning of the week. Please put ‘Test Library Request’ in the subject line, give your full name and student number and copy in your tutor to the request.
- #44: Want to see a kitten? Question time…
- #48: Inter Library Loan service: request copies of books and journals not held by MDX. £3 charge. Register as DL first. More info on our website. SCONUL Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/ The SCONUL Access Scheme provides reciprocal access and borrowing rights for staff and students to approximately 170 member institutions in the UK. Apply online. Other libraries (specialist, catalogues etc): British Library http://www.bl.uk/ COPAC http://copac.ac.uk/ COPAC is a union catalogue that gives access to the merged online catalogues of members of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL). Twenty major university libraries currently contribute to COPAC. Search25 http://www.search25.ac.uk/: helps you discover library resources across London and the South East. You can also see where the libraries are and find out how to visit them. SUNCAT http://www.suncat.ac.uk/ SUNCAT, a union catalogue of serials (periodicals) for the UK, is a tool for locating serials held in UK libraries.
- #50: Mention that they can make appointments through LibGuide (next month!)