Workshop for PG PSY students

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Finding research evidence
PSY4035 October 2017

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Library Top Tips …
1. Summon and the Library catalogue
2. Library subject guide
3. Referencing help
4. Kortext free e-textbooks
5. Reading lists
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What we will cover today
• Simple searches: Summon vs Google
• Keywords and search operators (* “ ” etc)
• Advanced searches: WoS and PsycINFO
• Alerts
• Referencing
• Where you can get help
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Finding resources
myUniHub > My Study > My Library

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Where do you start your
research…?
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47% PG students
start with Google all
or most of the time.

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WORKSHEET TASK 1: Have a go!
• In pairs: One pro Google the other
pro Summon
• Try out Summon and Google Scholar
• Search for a topic you’re interested in.
• What comes up? What can you
access? What looks relevant and
useful?
• Make sure you use the filters to narrow
your results to Psychology and full text
etc.
• Personalise Google Scholar and try
searching for literature.

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Summon
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Google Scholar – make sure you access
what you’ve paid for!
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Search for and select Middlesex University
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Simple searches
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Feedback:
Which do you prefer?
Which allowed you to
get better results?

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• Simple search function
• Searches huge range of
journal websites
• Not all full text (but can set
up to access MDX journals
through Unihub)
• Up-to-date articles from the
big publishers – not so good
coverage of small journals
• Hard to filter
• Searching all subject areas
• Simple search function
• Google for the University
resources
• Searches many journal
databases and subscriptions
• A lot of full-text
• Up-to-date – largest
databases are paid for,
updated daily/weekly and
include prepublications
• Easy to filter to Psychology-
only journals
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Google vs. Summon

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Thinking about keywords
The effects of the orange on the human body
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossjamesparker/89414788/
What else could orange as a keyword give results relating to?
Exact phrase “human body”

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WORKSHEET TASKS 2 AND 3: Thinking
about keywords and planning
• Work in pairs/groups
• Use the worksheet to look at:
• Synonyms
• Combining terms
• Search symbols and operators ( * “ ” AND OR NOT)
• Building your advanced search
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossjamesparker/89414788/
74% PG students
either sometimes or
rarely/never use
advanced search.

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Looks kind of like this...
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Could you use the * tool
anywhere here?

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Looks kind of like this...
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Advanced searching
and databases…
Web of Science and PsycINFO
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How to get to the databases…
myUniHub > My Study > My Library > Databases

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How to get to the databases…
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Web of Science

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Citation searching
• Which articles have cited an earlier article
• Updates to the research study you’ve been looking at
• Find articles on similar/related subject
• How many times an article has been cited
• Best journals in your field

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Web of Science
MyUniHub > MyStudy > MyLibrary > Databases > W > Web of Science
Gives you a
hyperlinked
list of articles
which cite
this article

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PsycINFO – Access via Unihub > Databases

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PsycINFO – options and limits

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limits Full text

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TASK3.3: Have a go!
Use the searches from your worksheet and
have a go at performing advanced searches
on:
•PsycINFO and Summon
•Web of Science
•Test out sorting by ‘times cited’
•Use advanced searches, boolean operators
and tools (“_”, * etc)
•Open and save pdf articles
•Try emailing results and/or individual articles to
yourself
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Alerts:
Keeping up-to-date
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Alerts – databases
You must set up an account with the database
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Alerts – databases
You must set up an account with the database
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Alerts: Zetoc – creating
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Alerts: Zetoc – creating
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Alerts: Zetoc – creating
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Alerts: Zetoc – editing
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Referencing…
What do we have to help?
Cite them right
Refworks
Summon tools
Database results…
I tend to have a last-minute panic with
doing the references and bibliography of
my essays…
60%

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Cite them right
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Collecting and managing your references
• Save your references on the go.
• Within search results in Summon
• From the database you are using (and at article level)
• At general websites using the bookmarklet tool
https://theconversation.com/hypernormalisation-and-why-heathrow-plan-is-proof-we-
exist-in-a-catastrophic-fantasyland-67674
• Use the RefWorks plugin in Word to add/import references as
you type your essays
• More information:
 Library Subject Guides > User Guides > Referencing & Plagiarism
 http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/plagiarismreferencing
If we have
time… create
your account

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It’s not in the Library!
• Inter Library Loans http://bit.ly/InterLibraryLoans
• Sconul Access http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/sconul-access
• Other libraries http://bit.ly/visitingotherlibraries

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What we have covered today
• Simple searches: Summon vs Google
• Keywords and search operators (* “ ” etc)
• Advanced searches: WoS and PsycINFO
• Alterts
• Referencing
• Where you can get help
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Need help?
• Librarians in the StudyHub (1st floor) Monday – Friday 9-5
• Psychology Library Subject Guide
http://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/psy
• Librarian j.iona@mdx.ac.uk