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R U Ready to Kickstart Your Research?
By Wong Kah WeiNUS Libraries
Research Cycle
IDEATIONGet your literature review doneDo a literature search
LOTS of informationOrganise and manage
WRITE, PUBLISH and PROTECT your idea
WIDEN REACH
What is Researcher Unbound
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• Go to: http://bit.ly/ru-kickstart• Download the file to Desktop.
• This file is the Worksheet we will be using during the workshop.
AI have not done any literature searching
BI have searched Google Scholar
CI have searched Google Scholar and NUS Libraries’ resources
Search in:1. Google Scholar 2. NUS Libraries’
resources
Verify your searches:1. Attend RU
workshops2. Email a librarian for
help
Search in:1. NUS Libraries’ resources
What is a literature search?
A literature search forms part of
the wider ‘literature review’
process of academic research. It
involves finding out what other
work has already been done in
your field.
https://www.reading.ac.uk/library/finding-info/guides/literature-searching/lib-literature-searching.aspx
http://guides.library.harvard.edu/literaturereview
What is a literature review?
A literature review is an assessment
of a body of research that addresses a
research question.
It helps you what research has
already been done, what gaps still
exists and what further research can
be done
Worksheet – Q1
NUS Libraries’ Resources and Services (http://www.lib.nus.edu.sg)
Worksheet – Q2
Book is out on loanDue back on 2 Mar 2017
Call Number of book The address of the book on the shelves
Location of book:CL = Central LibraryBooks = 3rd floor
1. Go to: https://padlet.com/researcherunbound/searches
2. Post your search
Examples of some search techniques Purpose
1. Remove irrelevant words from your search
consumer attitude towards social media advertisements and promotions
To get more results
2. Use synonyms to describe concepts. Use OR to string synonyms.
consumer AND (attitude OR behavior) AND (social media OR blogs OR
facebook OR twitter) AND (advertisements OR promotions)
To get more results
3. Search for variations in spelling of concepts. Insert truncation symbol at the root
of the word.
consumer* AND (attitude* OR behavior*) AND (social media OR blog* OR
facebook OR twitter) AND (advertis* OR promotion*)
To get more results
4. Use quotes to do a more precise search.
consumer* AND (attitude* OR behavior*) AND (“social media”
OR blog* OR facebook OR twitter) AND (advertis* OR
promotion*)
To get more relevant
results
5. Use proximity operators to get more relevant results.
(consumer* w/5 (attitude* OR behavior*)) AND (“social media”
OR blog* OR facebook OR twitter) AND (advertis* OR
promotion*)
To get more relevant
results
