Online Tools & Application supporting the Literature Review Process

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


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/


https://www.researchgate.net/


Managing your Tools• Using Refworks• Using Mendeley Desktop• Using Academia.edu• Using ResearchGate• Using Zotero



http://www.um.edu.mt/library/online_resources2/refworks


http://www.academia.edu/








http://www.zotero.org/


Making Connections

• Why share research? • Peer review• Idea Generation

• How to share research? • Online

• Research Groups

• Face-to-Face• Doctoral Seminars• Summer Schools




http://www.linkedin.com/


PhD Summer Schools: a great way to network and share your research ideas


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!



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.)


http://www.um.edu.mt/library

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http://www.mendeley.com/

http://www.mendeley.com/




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