Essential library skills for Sport & Exercise 2016

Essential Library SkillsSES1242 03/10/2016

© Middlesex University

Welcome to Week 1!• How’s it going?

• Can you find the books on your reading lists?

• Have you found/downloaded your personal e-textbooks?

• Do you know who to contact for help?


Reading lists


Today we are going to cover...

• Different types of resources available for your studies

• Finding information for your assignments

• Using Cite Them Right, your online referencing guide


Assignment 3 – Literature Review• This assignment requires you to

• use your research skills and • find several journal articles • on the topic of ‘Effective feedback methods in sport’• to produce a literature review.

• You need to select a maximum of 5 articles from academic journals that are • relevant to your degree programme and • on the same topic.


So what is a journal anyway?


Thinking about resources


Types of information Task 1:

1. Each group will be given a pack of cards 2. The cards contain the names of 4 different

resources3. Match together the correct: Resource Type +

Definition + “Good for” + “Not so good for”

Time: 5 mins


BooksWhat are they:

A written or printed work of fiction or fact. May be electronic.

Good for: Clear overview

Not so good for: Up to date information


Web pagesWhat are they:

An information resource which can be easily created by anyone on any topic.Electronic.

Good for: Very up to date information

Not so good for: Accurate and reliable information


NewspapersWhat are they:

A regular publication containing current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising.

May be electronic.Good for:

Daily informationNot so good for:

Balanced and well researched information


JournalsWhat are they:

A regular publication containing articles on a particular academic subject.Presents new research.

Good for: Latest research, critically reviewed by experts

Not so good for: Broad overview of a subject


Finding resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library

Select Summon and search for articles for your Literature Review task

Login to MyUniHub


Keywords - What are the main things we need to find information on?

• Feedback methods• Video feedback• Visual feedback• Verbal feedback• Performance feedback

• Effectiveness? Motivation, improved performance, skill acquisition…

• Sport• Specific sports?• Specific groups of athletes

e.g. elite, youth, adolescents, students, female athletes etc?

Broaden it out / narrow it down

Any synonyms or alternative words?


Over to you

• Try the example on the handout

• Have a go with the assignment topic – try and focus it on something that interests you

• Save or print articles that look useful


Refine your search

Full text online

Scholarly & peer review

Journal Articles only

Date range

Discipline,

e.g. recreation & sports


If you have too many results...

• Add more keywords (narrow it down)

• Be more specific (sprinting vs. running)

• Use phrases (“penalty kicks”)

• Add limits, e.g. date


If you do not have enough results...

• Use synonyms (football or soccer)

• Be less specific (team sports vs. basketball)

• Split the question into single concepts/words

• Try variations of the same word, e.g. swim, swimmers, swimming


Referencing - easy marks!

Marking criteria

1-4 5-8 9-12 13-16 17-20

References: Reference to sources including directions for further study

Broad and relevant readings examined and used selectively in the work

Good range of appropriate references used during the review

Conventional references and readings used within the review

Adequate but limited use of references during review

Review relies on none or one reference. Evidence of unexamined personal opinion


Referencing guide – Cite Them Right

Presentation title | 21

Task 3: Using Cite Them Right…Write a full reference for this article


Referencing

• Irwin, C., Desbrow, B., Ellis, A., O’Keeffe, B., Grant, G., Leveritt, M. (2011) ‘Caffeine withdrawal and high-intensity endurance cycling performance’, Journal of Sports Sciences, 29(5), pp.509-515

• In text citation: (Irwin et al., 2011)


Where can you find them?

Where are the Sports books?

1st floor wing (right)

3rd floor

1st floor

Online


Library Subject Guides



Need help?


• UniHelp – in person, online, by phone

• Librarians in the Study Hub (1st floor of the library) Monday – Friday 9-5

• LET drop-in help 12-3 Monday-Friday, Study Hub

• SES ‘My Subject’ Guidehttp://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/sport

• Ask!

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

Essential library skills for Sport & Exercise 2016

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