PhD – THE LIT REVIEWOnline tools & applications supporting the Literature Review Process
Vanessa Camilleri15/10/2013
University of MaltaFaculty of Education Doctoral CommitteeDoctoral Seminar Series
Outline
• The Literature Review : A research journey• Online Search• Online Research Management Tools• Networking & Connections
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Literature Review: a journey
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Harvard School of Education: http://guides.library.harvard.edu/literaturereview
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Searching Online
• Where to start from: • how to look for information?• how to detect and filter the crap from the valid information?
• how can online search contribute to our growth in the subject area we’re interested in?
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http://scholar.google.com/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/
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https://www.researchgate.net/
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Managing your Tools• Using Refworks• Using Mendeley Desktop• Using Academia.edu• Using ResearchGate• Using Zotero
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http://www.um.edu.mt/library/online_resources2/refworks
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http://www.academia.edu/
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http://www.zotero.org/
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Making Connections
• Why share research? • Peer review• Idea Generation
• How to share research? • Online
• Research Groups
• Face-to-Face• Doctoral Seminars• Summer Schools
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http://www.linkedin.com/
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PhD Summer Schools: a great way to network and share your research ideas
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Conclusion• A number of online tools and applications can help
researchers • manage huge amounts of information available online• Store publications• Disseminate information and own publications• Gather feedback • Have increased possibilities of networking
• Research that is not propagated most often loses value.• Use of technology helps your efficiency in making your
research more effective!
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Links:• University of Malta Library: http://www.um.edu.mt/library• Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/ • ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com/ • Academia.edu: http://www.academia.edu/ • ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net • Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/ (downloadable)• Mendeley: http://www.mendeley.com/ (downloadable)• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ (for groups, etc.)
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Thank you.
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