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Search tools. Handbooks - Start with an overview Bibliographies - Find out what has been published on your subject Catalogues - Obtain the books and articles you have found Full text resources - Search for specific details. Using handbooks.

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  1. Search tools Handbooks - Start with an overview Bibliographies - Find out what has beenpublished on yoursubject Catalogues - Obtain the books and articlesyou have found Full textresources - Search for specificdetails

  2. Using handbooks An article from a relevant handbook or encyclopediacan give youthreethings: • An overview of the subject. • A list of central references on the subject. • Lots of inspiration for searchablesubjectwords. Find handbooks and encyclopedias in ”Databaselisten”.

  3. Search methods • Citation Pearl Growing • Quick’n’Dirty • Structuredsearch

  4. Citation Pearl Growing Use the List of References in books and articlesyou have read. • Look up the book/article in catalogues or databases again. • Use Codes, SubjectHeadings etc. in the description, to find similarsources.

  5. Quick’n’Dirty If youdon’t know if there is anything to find (or how to find it) • Search with the terms you have. Try manydifferent databases. • Use the resultsyouget, to getwiser on relevant subjectwords and relevant databases.

  6. Structured Search 1 Whenyou have localized the relevant databases and subjectwords, youcanmake a thoroughsearch for literature. • Chooseyoursubjectwords • Considerusing synonyms • Considerlanguage and otherlimiters • Constructyoursearch argument

  7. Structuredsearch 2 Main subject Area of focus Limiters

  8. Structured Search 3 Final thesissubject: Fremmedsprogspædagogik. Mere præcist noget om sprogindlæring på gymnasier.

  9. Structuredsearch 4 Second language Learning High School

  10. Structuredsearch 5 Fremmedsprog Andetsprog Second language Foreignlanguage Indlæring Tilegnelse Learning Acquisition Gymnasium HF Highereducation College/High school Consider at the same time more limiters for Language, Country/Nationality, Time period, Actuality

  11. Structuredsearch 6

  12. The Search process 1 Keep a log book on yoursearchprocess. Write down: • The name of the source (database etc.) • Yoursearch argument(s) • The results of yoursearch

  13. The Search process 2 • Handbooks • Establish an overview over subject and keyliterature • Handbooks and Quick’n’Dirty • Establish an overview over relevant searchwords • Citation Pearl Growing and Peers • Takeadvantage of whatyouallready know • Structured Search • Construct a search argument • Catalogues • Get hold of the relevant literature

  14. Summing up… • Searching for relevant literature is chaotic and frustrating… • Considerwhich kinds of materialsyouaresearching for, and choose the relevant sources/databases. • Start with handbooks and encyclopedias. • Useknownliterature to get ”more of the same”. • Try different databases and subjectheadings. • Log whatyouaredoing. • UseStudy Metro, Scribo etc. • ..and of courseuseus for help!

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