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Information Overload Sam Aston, Info Skills Trainer
Discovery ToolsTime Technology
Bookmarking ToolsCurrent Awareness
PersonalisationAdvanced SearchControl your search
Reference Management
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Example Search Profile
• Topic• Research Question
• Aim of the Investigation– Parameters
– Time– Place
• Languages• Keywords
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Search techniques
• Boolean logic – (AND, OR & NOT) (University of Leicester)
• AND will link the terms to find only articles that mention both concepts – eg: tobacco AND advertising
• OR will broaden the search by looking for synonyms, alternative spellings, abbreviations and plurals – eg: United Nations OR UN
• NOT can be used when you need to narrow the search by excluding certain keywords or concepts – eg: industrial action NOT fire service
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Bibliography
• HART, C. 2001. Doing a literature search : a comprehensive guide for the social sciences, London, SAGE.
• ORNA, E. & STEVENS, G. 1995. Managing information for research, Buckingham, Open University Press.
• POTTER, S. 2006. Doing postgraduate research, London, The Open University in associaton with SAGE Publications.
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