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Presented by Susanne [email protected]
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Introduction to Resources in UCT Libraries
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A literature review consists of • Print resources• Electronic Resources
•Electronic journals•Databases
•RefWorks
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Learning outcome
By the end of this session you will be able to understand:
• A literature review• How to look things up• Bibliographic databases• Electronic journals• List of preferred journals• RefWorks
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Literature review:
• Focuses on research question• Current knowledge of topic by recognised authors• Secondary sources• Widely read previous research of topic• Theoretical and practical findings about a topic• Belongs to the introductory part• Is characterised by a logical flow• Has typically references to all resources used• Should be impartial and objective
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“Find books on Organizational Psychology and People Management”
• Use “ “ to keep 2 or more terms together
• Boolean Operators:•And – to narrow a search•Or – to expand a search•Not
• Wild cards:•?•*
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Use “Browse” or
“Search”
When to use “Browse”:You know the exact title of the book or journal or the exact name of the author“Search”:You want to find any literature on a topic
Type in your keywords with Boolean operators
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When to use “Browse”:You know the exact title of the book or journal or the exact name of the author“Search”:You want to find any literature on a topicUse “Browse” or
“Search” functions Type in your keywords with
Boolean operators
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Where on the shelf is the book?
Is the book “in” or “out” ?
A list of books on the topic
Click on
Number to find out
more
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Click on “All items”
You could
“Request” the book here
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Example :
Park, T. Y., & Shaw, J. D. (2013). Turnover rates and organizational performance: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 98(2), 268.
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5 steps:What is the JOURNAL’s name?Which year is the year of publication?What is the volume?What is number?What is the pagination?
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Type in the name of the journal
Switch to “e-
journals”
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Find 2 platforms : choose 1 which includes the date of publication, e.g. EBSCO
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Databases by Platform
Most important step for finding information:
Using databases to find articles on topics
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Which one to use?
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EbscoHost• Academic Search• Business Source• Africa Wide • Econlit• PsycARTICLES• PsycCRITIQUES• PsycINFO• PsycTESTS
Google ScholarEmeraldJStoreWeb of Knowledge
Sabinet for SA thesesProQuest for International theses
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Using Google Scholar
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Configure your
settings
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SFX – availability in UCT Libraries
Limit your
search
Observe the
citation count
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Google Scholar –
Good to use in complement to Scopus
including books, conference papers, non-American journals, journals on the fields of strategy, management, international business, education
easy access to published articles, HOWEVER
offers results of inconsistent accuracy
inadequate, and less often updated – no reliable impact factor
frequency of its updates is unknown
Google Scholar is vulnerable to spam
uses a PAGE RANK ALGORITHM
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Download Write-n-Cite here…
or here…
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http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za/c.php?g=182303&p=1201832
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If you want to know more about RefWorks, please consult the following LibGuide
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um5oOxJjXAkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx4y8E2OnMQ
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How to install Write-N-Cite
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More help and assistance at UCT Libraries
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• Search and Find
• Services• Research
Help• Libraries
and Collections
• About UCT Libraries
• Library Contacts
• Off Campus Login• Subject Guides• Subject Librarians• Interlibrary Loans• My Library Card• Ask a Librarian
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Under UCT Scholar, type in a subject or title
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Resources in UCT LibrariesTo find OPEN Teaching and Learning content of the UCT community
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OpenUCT:
• Institutional repository
• UCT staff to share their research, teaching and learning content with the world –
Type topic and/or author
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How to go about evaluating websites:
Identify type of page:
Advocacy, orgBusiness, comInformational, edu ac govNews, usu comPersonal, often a ~
Use the checklist: the more often you can answer ‘yes’ the more likely it is that the site/material is reliable
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Evaluating web sites and web material
The Check list:
Traditional criteria to be applied– Accuracy
– Authority
– Objectivity
– Currency
– Coverage
Additional challenges
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Accuracy
• Are sources for any factual information listed so they can be verified?
• Can you detect some sort of quality control? – look at grammar, spelling etc.
• Are charts, graphs clearly labelled and easy to read?
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Authority
• Can you identify organisation/company/person responsible?
• Is there a link describing goals, purpose, nature of organisation?
• Are there contact details?
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Objectivity
• Are biases clearly stated?
• Is it easy to distinguish between informational and advertising content?
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Currency
• Are there dates to indicate
• When the page was written?
• When it was placed on the web?
• When it was last revised?
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Coverage
• Is there an indication that the page has been completed?
• Is there a print equivalent?
• Is it clear what topics the page intends to address?
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Contemporary sources, but do remember the evaluation criteria
Blogshttp://www.google.com/blogsearchhttp://www.findblogs.com/
Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com
Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com
Wiki http://wiki.com
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– Accuracy
– Authority
– Objectivity
– Currency
– Coverage
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Newspapers
www.lib.uct.ac.za
Databases, Newspaper Source via EBSCOhost (Fulltext)Lexis Nexis Academic (includes Financial Mail, Business Day, Financial Times, Sunday Times, The Star, The Herald)SA Media (Sabinet)
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Thank you and enjoy your literature reviews!
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