You will learn how to:
- practice basic boolean search methods (AND, OR, NOT, NEAR/x)
- think systematically through terminology and synonyms
- goal-oriented sorting of search results to identify key-works in your field of research
- find prospective review articles in journals
- discover handbooks, encyclopedias and dictionaries that may help you to fit for the research frontier
Methods:
- after a short introduction you will get a list of suggestions of search methods that can be tailored to most research questions in the Masters thesis
- students will learn to trace previous research, and how to search using similar concepts in different contexts
- we will talk about some procedures for quality control and how each student can practice these methods in their own research
- students are encouraged to ask questions and discuss search strategies
Target group:
Students at HGO4011