Help! I Need To Find Stuff For My Project Now!
This session equips participants with all the fundamental skills that they need to build and execute effective search strategies to locate and critically evaluate relevant materials for assignments, literature reviews, projects and other related research activities. The structure of the session with move through the processes of basic keyword generation, constructing search strings, understanding which resources to search, before finishing with developing critical evaluation skills to assess quality and relevance of found items.
Useful databases such as Scopus and Web of Science will be demonstrated as part of this session.
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- All STEMM students
- Other staff and students welcome
- For further information please see our eligibility criteria
Number of sessions: 1
| # | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 14 Mar 2019 13:00 - 14:00 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Betty and Gordon Moore Library, Pink Study Room | map | George Cronin |
Participants will be able to implement effective keyword generation and search string techniques into their research practice
Participants will be able to compare relevant databases and other resources to judge appropriateness to their individual research needs
Participants will be able to recognise the need for critical evaluation of resources when considering bias, timeliness, relevance and other such aspects
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