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Researching for your Literature Review

Researching for your Literature Review. Presented by Jenna Walsh Liaison Librarian for Applied Science @ Surrey jmwalsh@sfu.ca | 778-782-7419. Today’s Schedule. What is a literature review ? Literature searching Key Sources Books Journal Articles and Databases Grey Literature Theses

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Researching for your Literature Review

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  1. Researching for your Literature Review Presented by Jenna Walsh Liaison Librarian for Applied Science @ Surrey jmwalsh@sfu.ca | 778-782-7419

  2. Today’s Schedule • What is a literature review? • Literature searching • Key Sources • Books • Journal Articles and Databases • Grey Literature • Theses • Citation indexing • Avoiding information overload • Citation management software • Awareness tools • Getting Help

  3. What is a Literature Review? It is important to explore the field in which you are going to do your research and gain a thorough awareness and understanding of current work and perspectives in the area so that you can position your own research clearly on the academic map of knowledge creation. Standing on the shoulders of giants…

  4. Literature Search A systematic and thorough search of all types of published literature in order to identify as many items as possible that are relevant to a particular topic

  5. Purposes of a Literature Search • Situate your work. • Focus your research. • Identify your approach & methodology. • Learn about previous work. • Identify key people, organizations & texts which are relevant to your research.

  6. Where to search? • At the beginning of your research, focus on reading key studies and scholarship as cited in encyclopedias and textbooks • Mine bibliographies. Spend less time “hunting” for recent articles and more time “gathering”

  7. Library Research at SFU http://www.lib.sfu.ca/

  8. Library Research Guide

  9. Citation Indexing • Citations are the formal, explicit linkage between papers that have particular points in common. • A citation index is built around these linkages. It lists publications that have been cited and identifies the sources of the citations. • You can find additional research on a subject just by knowing one piece of research that has been cited. VERY HELPFUL

  10. ISI Web of Knowledge Citation Index • Find out who cited a particular journal article and who was cited in a particular journal article. KEY TOOL. • http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/5662

  11. ISI Journal Citation Reports Impact Factors • Provides the impact factor (the relative importance of journals within a given field) and other citation data for 8,400 scholarly and technical journals worldwide. • http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/5662

  12. Citation Management Software Store your references online and format bibliographies instantly Access your account from anywhere in the world with an Internet connection Export citations from a variety of article indexes and databases into your account http://www.lib.sfu.ca/my-library/refworks

  13. Student Learning Commons http://learningcommons.sfu.ca/

  14. Furtherhelp • Library: contact your liaison librarian (Jenna) for problems big and small (eg, I can’t find this article, or I’m not finding any relevant articles on my topic) • jmwalsh@sfu.ca • http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/ask-us/

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