How to Create Search and Journal Alerts in EBSCOhost Databases
Researching for your dissertation · Use search alerts to stay up to date with materials written on...
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Todaywewillcover:
• Howisdissertationresearchdifferent?• Planningforeffectiveresearch• Finding,selectingandusingsecondarysources• Tipsforstayinguptodatewiththeliterature• Findingprimarysourcematerials• Somepracticalsearching
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Howisdissertationresearchdifferent?
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Planningforeffectiveresearch
Searchstrategy
• Defineyourkeyconcepts– includingsynonyms/alternatives• Choosingwhichdatabasestosearch• Combiningyoursearchtermsinthedatabases• Usingsearchtools– advancedsearch,truncation,thesaurus• Choosingwhattoread• Managingyourresults
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Basicsearchtools
EncoreArticles
GoogleScholar
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Howarethedatabasesdifferent?
• Indexedbyexperts• Helpyoutocombineyoursearchterms• Containsearchtools– advancedsearch,truncation/wildcards,thesaurus,limits• Cansortandfilterresults,todecidewhattoread• Helpyoutomanageyourresults
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Typesofresource
Introductorymaterials CambridgeCompanions,CambridgeHistories,OxfordHandbooks,OxfordReference
Academic books Encore,COPAC
Journalarticles,bookchapters
MLA, HistoricalAbstracts,(JStor),(ProjectMuse),FIAF,CAIRN,Persée, EIO Torrossa,DialNet
Primarysources Early EuropeanBooksOnline,Gallica,Europeana,Europresse,Factiva
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Identify KeywordsandSynonyms
Concept1 Concept2 Concept3 Concept4 Concept5
Keyword gender French sciencefiction
literature film
Synonyms/alternatives
sexwomenfemalefemininitymenmalemasculinity
FranceFrançais
sci-fiSFfuturistic“newwave”
novelfictiontheatreplayspoetrypoem
filmscinemamoviemotionpicture
TherepresentationofgenderinFrenchsciencefictionliteratureandfilms
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Combineyoursearchterms(AND/OR/NEAR)
• GenderORmasculineOR feminine
• SciencefictionAND(genderORmasculineORfeminine)
• SciencefictionNEAR/5(genderORmasculineORfeminine)
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Searchtips
Phrasesearching– “sciencefiction”,not“genderrepresentation”
Truncation– feminin*
Wildcard– organi?ation,colo?r
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Fieldsearching
• Narroworfocusyoursearch,ratherthansearchingallfieldsorfulltext(e.g.title,author,abstract,subject)
• TIP:Itisusuallybettertosearchtheabstract(ifincluded)orsubjectheading,ratherthantitle,astitlesaregenerallyshortandcanbeunhelpful
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Thesaurus/subjectheadingsearching
• Usetheindexterms,usedtocompilethedatabases• Termsdescribetheresearchfocus• Catchresearchthatusesdifferentterminology
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Gettingtothefulltext• Inthedatabase,e.g.JStor,Muse,CAIRN,Torrossa• IntheLibrary• ViaWebBridge link,e.g.MLA,FIAF• ArticleReach/DocumentSupply/Bookrequest
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CitationtrackingUsecitationtrackingto…
• traceresearchforwardsintime• seewhohascitedaparticularpieceofresearch• broadenyoursearch,ifyouarefindingfewresults
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SearchalertsUsesearchalertstostayuptodatewithmaterialswrittenonyoursubject.
Youcancreate:
• Searchalertsfromsubjectdatabases,whenyouhaveasearchthatworks
• Tableofcontentsalertsforparticularjournals-ZETOC
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Managingreferences• Keeptrackofwhatyouhaveread
• Findmaterialsagaineasily,whenreferencing
• Avoidaccidentalplagiarism,byforgettingwhereyouhavereadsomething
Possiblesoftware:EndNote,EndNoteOnline,REFME,Mendeley,Zotero
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Primarysourcedatabases
Literaryperiod HistoricalTexts,Early EuropeanBooksOnline
Format(e.g.newspapers) Europresse, Factiva
Topic Defining Gender,EmpireOnline,TeatroEspañoldelSiglodeOro
Generalprimarysources Gallica,Europeana, HistoricalTexts,FranText,
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Thesearchprocess…
• Isiterative• Willbecomemorerefinedasyouprogress• Shouldbewell-documented• Shouldbesystematicandthorough(nosecondaryreferencing)