In this workshop, we will go through seven steps of an advanced literature search:
1. Make a complete list of all keywords applied to books and articles by authors/publishers/databases/library catalogs on a collection of literature we have found. We will use Zutilo for this.
2. Make a list of the most common words in the title, abstracts, and keywords to easily spot the most common expert terms used in these fields. We will use the web program SR-Accelerator for this task.
3. When tasks 1 and 2 are completed, we will make a clean lexicographic list of terms from the keyword and title/abstract fields.
4. Use the result from 3 to build search strings, search different databases with the exact boolean search, and collect the result from each source in separate collections in Zotero.
6. We deduplicate the result, sort it, and search the files with a boolean search. 7. We learn to share the result in groups, administrate read/write, and annotate the files in the group.
Learning outcomes
After attending this workshop, learners will know some advanced methods to construct a literature search with a high degree of sensitivity and specificity, which means obtaining a search result with many relevant sources and a few irrelevant sources.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Zotero is required to attend this course.
Target audience
Master's students, PhDs, Postdocs, and Researchers.
Required Materials
In addition to a laptop, the participant should have installed Zotero, and preferably a Zutilo extension.