SES3330 BA Sport and Community Development literature searching 2017

Literature searching for Literature Reviews / Research Projects

BA Sport & Community Development top-up

November 2016

© Middlesex University

Today

• Refresh and review literature searching strategies and sources

• Finding the full text

• Citation searching

• What would you like to cover?

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Where to search?


Finding resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library

Access Summon,

journals and other

resources

Summon

Searches journals, books and more

Good starting point for your research

Covers ALL subjects taught at the university

http://library.mdx.ac.uk/summon/

http://library.mdx.ac.uk/summon/


Refine your search

Full text online

Scholarly &

peer review

Journal

Articles only

Date range

Discipline,

e.g. recreation &

sports


Beyond Summon – other places to search

• Specialist sources (databases)

— Sport Discus

— Medline / PubMed

— PsycInfo – for psychology/coaching topics

— Education Research Complete

— Access: MyUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases

• Google Scholar

• Individual journals specific to your topic

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Google Scholar – lots of useful features


Author’s profile

– check for

other research

on the same

topic

Papers that

have

referenced

this one

The same paper on

other websites –

sometimes good for

getting full text

Full text from

Middlesex and

other sources

BUT…

- Limited ability to combine different keywords

- Older articles can appear first in results – use the date limits!


What makes a good search?

Think about:

• Areas of interest

• Keywords

• Scope of subject - limits?



Keywords

• Brainstorm – it will save you time later!

• Searching only one word for each concept will not necessarily bring you all the results. And sometimes none.

Not everyone uses the same terminology for the same idea.


Fundamental movement

skills

• Movement skills

• Skill acquisition

• Skill development

• Skill proficiency

• Motor skills / ability

Children

Adolescents

• Child*

• Adolescen*

• Youth

• Teenage*

Physical Education

• PE

• School sport

Physical activity

• Exercise

• Sports participation

• Enjoyment

• Engagement

Does targeting

fundamental

movement skills in

PE improve

physical activity

levels in children &

adolescents?

Specific

skills

• Gender?


Over to you...

Using the worksheet:

• Briefly summarise your topic in the first box

• Narrow it down to some key words

• List any synonyms, alternative spellings or related topics


• Widen your search

eg. Sport OR Exercise OR physical activity

• Narrow your search

eg. Community development AND sports participation

Search tips


• Search for phrases (“”):

eg. “sports management”

• Broaden your search (*):

eg. coach* (finds coach, coaches, coached, coaching etc)

Search tips


Activity: exploring further

Using your keywords and the help sheets, try your search on Summon, Sport Discus and/or Google Scholar

Looking at your search results:

• How many results do you get? (Compare with the other databases)

• What kind of articles are they?

• Are your results from a range of journals?

• Can you refine your results further?



Getting full text of journal articles

• Regardless of where you’re searching…make sure you’ve logged into myUniHub and click on a My Library/My Study link first

• If you’re not lucky…

• Double-check (Summon/Google Scholar)

• Google it!

— Researcher networks (e.g. ResearchGate, Academia.edu), contacting

authors

— Authors’ & institutions’ websites

• Inter-Library Loans


Citation searching

• Which articles have cited an earlier article

• Find articles on similar/related subject

• How many times an article has been cited

• Best journals in your field


Citation searching

• Allows you to move forwards and backwards in the literature

• Use Google Scholar, Summon or Science Citation Index


Citation searching - Summon

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See articles

which cite this

one in Web of

Science / Science

Citation Index

Mentions on

social

media,

blogs, news

sources etc


How much attention did it get?



SPSS

• Available to download from MyUniHub – PC and Mac versions

o My Study page > Software box ‘Download software for my PC or Mac’

• SPSS Statistics Essential Training tutorial from Lynda.com

o Access from the databases list: My Study > My Library > Databases

o Create a profile first (free)

o Login and search for SPSS Essentials

o More info on the SES ‘My Subject’ guide.

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Learning Enhancement Team

• Help with academic writing, maths and statistics

• Drop in at the Study Hub, 12 - 3 Monday – Friday for feedback and advice on your written work

• Appointments also available

— In person

— Feedback by email on a draft of your work

• http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/your-study/learning-enhancement-team

• Appointments also available for Maths/Statistics help – book through

the link above or email [email protected]

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http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/your-study/learning-enhancement-team

mailto:[email protected]


Need help?

• Librarians in the Study Hub (1st floor of Sheppard Library) 9-5 Mon-Fri

• Ask a Librarian https://unihelp.mdx.ac.uk/askalibrarian

• SES Library Subject Guide – Jo’s contact details and presentations/helpsheets

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

https://unihelp.mdx.ac.uk/askalibrarian

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


Getting Full text of journal articles

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• Troubleshooting guide can be found here

— http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/accessingelectronicresources

• If you’re not lucky… REMEMBER – it won’t always be directly available to you – especially for the dissertation

— Double check the library catalogue by copying journal name into the ‘journal search’. If we have it there’ll be a record and a link with the dates we have access to.

— Go to Google Scholar and look for PDF signs

— Search for Author’s website/institution’s repository, often they have uploaded a pre-publication version

— ResearchGate, Academia.edu…

— Emailing authors

— Order a copy via the inter-library loan service (you’ll be emailed with a link to a PDF) (£3.00 added to your library account)

http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/resources/ill/index.aspx

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

http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/study/library/resources/ill/index.aspx

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