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Faculty research seminar given to Fanshawe College on December 15th
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Saving Research Time – Pt. 2
Robin Featherstone
Research & Instructional Librarian (Nursing)
(519) 661-2111 ext: 86383
Suzanne O’Neill
Public Services Librarian
(519) 452-4430 ext: 4346
Research Life-cycle
Literature searching:Managing citations:
Collecting data:
Creating manuscripts:
Publishing:
Fund searching:
CANADIAN DIRECTORY TO FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS
Part Two
Fund Searching – Gov’tCIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
http://www.cihr.gc.ca
Funding Opportunities Database
NSERC (Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada)
http://www.nserc.gc.ca
Biomedical engineering, biostatistics, psychology, life sciences research related to human health and disease (pathology, toxicology, nutrition, etc...)
SSHRC (Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada)
http://www.sshrc.ca
Sociological, psychological or management research
Exercise
Using the CIHR website (http://www.cihr.gc.ca), answer the following:
1. How many funding opportunities are available from the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health?
2. What grant for health professionals has a deadline date between January and June 2010?
Fund Searching - Private
Canadian Directory to Foundations and Corporations
Online directory
2,200 Canadian grant-making organizations
150 American foundations with a history of granting in Canada
Find using the library catalogue
OR through the Nursing page under “researcher tools”
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Exercise
Using the Canadian Directory to Foundations and Corporations, answer the following:
1. How many grantmakers provide funds for communications disorders research?
Research Life-cycle
Literature searching:Managing citations:
Collecting data:
Creating manuscripts:
Publishing:
Fund searching:
CANADIAN DIRECTORY TO FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS
Survey Monkey
Web-based survey creation tool
2 kinds of subscriptions
Basic (Free!)
100 participants maximum
Professional ($20/month, $200/year)
http://tinyurl.com/taylorsurvey
Research Life-cycle
Literature searching:Managing citations:
Collecting data:
Creating manuscripts:
Publishing:
Fund searching:
CANADIAN DIRECTORY TO FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATIONS
Journal Citation Reports
Identify the most appropriate, influential journals in which to publish
Confirm the status of journals in which you have published
Two editions: JCR Science EditionJCR Social Sciences Edition*
* Tip: for nursing, search both
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/nursing
Journal Citation Reports
• Evaluate a particular journal
– Impact factor
– Immediacy factor
• Consider other journals
– Look at related journals
Exercise
• Find the Journal of Emergency Nursing in the 2007 JCR Science Edition
1. What is its 2007 Impact Factor?
2. What is the most closely related journal?
3. Which one has a higher Impact Factor?
Exercise
• Conduct a subject search for nursing in the 2007 JCR Science Edition
1. Which journal has the highest Impact Factor?
2. Which journal has the highest Immediacy Index?