PSY4035 literature searching for dissertation

Editor's Notes

• #5: VH Example marking criteria for this project. In this session we are going to show you how to improve your marks. Worth considering this: Max points awarded to work which is based on good research and well referenced Max marks awarded if refs used are relevant and correctly written ie. Harvard style LDU can help with style of writing and presentation
• #7: Everything to do with the library Explain Unihub as a gateway
• #8: Demonstrate how to get to here…
• #11: Demonstrate how to get to Summon and the search for therapy offenders mental illness
• #19: Slides for reference
• #21: 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
• #25: 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.
• #27: Demonstrate getting to PsycTEST database via mylibrary>databases.
• #28: Demonstrate… Perform search for self esteem SIMPLE SEARCHES NOT ALL TESTS ARE FREELY AVAILABLE.
• #29: 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.
• #31: 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.
• #33: 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.
• #36: Recap. These either stop you from missing things out (diff spellings & truncation) or make your results more specific and relevant (speech marks) Go into demo Reminder handouts
• #37: Searching these terms in Summon gives a lot of results
• #39: Searching these terms in Summon gives a lot of results
• #41: Good way of picking up other keywords and ideas
• #42: But then narrowing some of them gives a much more manageable selection of literature on which to begin your research
• #44: As well as narrower synonyms can narrow you scope by these things. 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.
• #47: But what if my problem is that I’m not finding enough? Introduce task
• #48: So you widen your searches and take a little bit of information from each context to construct a research-jigsaw-puzzle Pose Q’s to class – ask to shout out answers. Will run through some examples, may seem confusing at first but should become clear as you work through your own topics. These are real examples I’ve worked through with dissertation students and how we put their lit reviews together.
• #51: Set task
• #52: Feedback.
• #54: Updates on your search
• #55: Updates on your search
• #56: BL service, updated weekly includes some prepubs.
• #57: Add journals not that useful unless v specific
• #62: 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.
• #64: One of the links in MyUnihub is your Library Subject Guide. Where slides from this class and help using library resources can be found.
• #65: Mention that they can make appointments through LibGuide (next month!)