advanced research skills
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Where Do I Start?Literature Review- surveys scholarly articles, books and other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory, providing a description, summary, and critical evaluation of each work.
Where Do I Start?Four Broad Stages of Literature Review: - Define your topic and components of your topic - Search for materials - Evaluate what you have found - Analyze and interpret your findings
Library Services to Support FacultyIn-depth Research ConsultationInterlibrary LoanPublishing Information
Library Services to Support FacultyInformation about these services available at:http://library.sait.ca/servicesfaculty.asp http://libguides.sait.ca/scholarly
Library Resources: Find Your NicheSpecialized databases are found:Find e-Journals pageFind Databases pageSubject Guides page
Library Resources: Stay Up to DateEDS & EBSCO databases: Save a search as an Alert ProQuest databases: Save a search as an AlertRSS feeds
Internet Resources: What is it good for? - Useful for finding nontraditional (grey) literature such
as conference proceedings, organizational reports, white papers, and patents.
- Can be helpful to track down partial citations or obscure resources.
Internet Resources: Helpful Hints for http://scholar.google.ca/ - Connect to your Library for faster access
• Settings> Library Links
- Set up email alerts from results page
Internet Resources: Be SocialSocial Networking Sites for academics: Google Scholar ResearchGate Academia.edu
Can create profile Yes Yes Yes
Able to join and follow groups of interest
No Yes Yes
Can link to article URLS
Yes Yes Yes
Can upload PDFs No Yes Yes
What Do I Do Next?Manage your references with citation softwareHave a plan to manage your dataContact a friendly Librarian
