SES1244 literature searching and reviews 2017

Literature searching and reviewsSES1244 30/10/2017

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Today we are going to cover...

• What are academic journals and where can you find them?

• Searching for literature for your Literature Review (Assignment 4)

• Using Cite Them Right, your online referencing guide


Assignment 4 – Literature Review

Presentation title | 3


So what is a journal anyway?


Types of information Task 1:

1. Each group will be given a pack of cards 2. The cards contain the names of 4 different

resources3. Match together the correct: Resource Type +

Definition + “Good for” + “Not so good for”

Time: 5 mins


JournalsWhat are they:

A regular publication containing articles on a particular academic subject.

Presents new research.

Good for:

Latest research,

critically reviewed by experts

Not so good for:

Broad overview of a subject


Finding resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library

Go to My Study…

My Library

Select Summon – search

for books, journal articles

and more…

Login to

MyUniHub


Keywords - What are the main things we need to find information on?

Narrow it down /

broaden it out

Are there other

words you could

add to the topic or

use instead of

‘sports massage’?


OR

• Therapeutic massage

• Massage therapy

• Soft tissue therapy / massage / manipulation

• Deep tissue massage

• Manual/physical therapy…

For…

• Recovery

• Rehabilitation

• (Improving) performance

• Preventing injuries

• Specific injuries?

• Muscle soreness / pain /discomfort

• Circulatory / musculo-skeletal effects

Who?

Sports

massage

• Specific sports?

• Groups of athletes:

•Age?

•Gender?

•Level – elite etc?

•When? E.g. pre/post event


Refine your search

Full text online

Scholarly &

peer review

Journal

Articles only

Date range

Discipline,

e.g. recreation &

sports


Over to you

• Search Summon for some sources for your assignment - try and focus it on something that interests you

• Use the tips on the handout to refine your results

• Save or print articles that look useful


If you have too many results...

• Add more keywords (narrow it down)

• Be more specific (sprinting vs. running)

• Use phrases (“sports massage”)

• Add limits, e.g. date


If you do not have enough results...

• Use synonyms (football or soccer)

• Be less specific (team sports vs. basketball)

• Split the question into single concepts/words

• Try variations of the same word, e.g. swim, swimmers, swimming


Referencing - easy marks!

Marking criteria

1-4 5-8 9-12 13-16 17-20

References:

Reference to

sources

including

directions for

further study

Broad and

relevant

readings

examined

and used

selectively in

the work

Good range of

appropriate

references used

during the review

Conventional

references

and readings

used within

the review

Adequate but

limited use of

references

during review

Review relies on

none or one

reference.

Evidence of

unexamined

personal opinion


Referencing guide – Cite Them Right


MyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Referencing

Task 3: Using Cite Them Right…Write a full reference for this article


Referencing

• Delextrat, A., Calleja-González, J., Hippocrate, A. & Clarke, N.D. (2013) ‘Effects of sports massage and intermittent cold-water immersion on recovery from matches by basketball players’, Journal of Sports Sciences, 31(1), pp.11-19

• In text citation: (Delextrat et al., 2013)


My Subject – library guides(in MyUniHub > My Study > My Library)



Need help?


• UniHelp – in person, online, by phone

• Librarians in the Study Hub (1st floor of the library) Monday – Friday 9-5

• LET drop-in help 12-3 Monday-Friday, Study Hub

• SES ‘My Subject’ Guidehttp://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/sport

• Ask!

http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/sport

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SES1244 literature searching and reviews 2017