Course Number: KP Graduate Student Workshop Subject: Kinesiology & Physical Education Table of Contents 1. Secondary Research 2. Citation Management 3. Citation Screening Introduction This guide accompanies an in-class workshop about methods for secondary research, specifically: processes and tools for citation management and citation screening. OBJECTIVE: get started using tools to manage your sources while reviewing literature. Question: Do you currently use citation management software (e.g. Mendeley, Zotero)? 1. Secondary Research Secondary research = how you identify and work with existing studies. Example: When you review existing literature about your thesis topic/research question. Methods for secondary research = the strategies, tactics, processes, techniques, and tools you use to identify and work with existing studies. Methods need to fit the project goals. Example: When you undertake a literature review for your thesis and need to be comprehensive. Question: Reflecting on how you've done literature reviews so far, what do you think are some of your methods? Literature Review Example A traditional (or narrative) literature review is part of a research project/research paper. This type of review can also be carried out as a standalone research project/paper. In the Methods section of the narrative review below, the researchers mention that they screened articles. Today we'll talk about what that means. Description "Changes in Adults’ Eating Behaviors During the Initial Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review" by Ashlie N. Johnson, Raeven Lynn M. Clockston, Lindsey Fremling, Emma Clarke, Pamela Lundeberg, Megan Mueller, Dan J. Graham. 2. Citation Management This is the part of your methods for secondary research that involves planning how to deal with all the articles, books, reports, etc., you want to track and save. It's the part that comes before screening (i.e. deciding what to actually cite in your literature review). In any project, you wouldn't want to collect lots of data without having a plan for how to store and access it. Saves time. Facilitates topic development. Keeps you accountable. Description Citation management means planning how to collect, organize, access, cite, and share your sources. Software to Manage Sources Mendeley and Zotero are free tools. Manage all sources in one place. Create folders and subfolders for projects. Add notes. Store, read, annotate PDFs. Access sources from any browser. Create group libraries. Create and update in-text citations and references automatically. Note: Mendeley Reference Manager "Mendeley Desktop" is now "Mendeley Reference Manager." This new version of the tool has a number of issues. The Word plug-in is difficult, if not impossible, to install. It is available through the Windows store and works with Word 2016 or 365, but ICT has configured Office 365 to prevent downloads. On a Mac, the latest IOS is required (OSX 10.10 and above). Citing with Zotero Example Description This video demonstrates how to add in-text citations and references using Zotero in Microsoft Word. A tab for the Zotero plug-in is at the top of the Word window. Inside that tab is an option to Add/Edit Citations, which allows you to search your Zotero Library and add in-text citations formatted according to your choice of citation style (e.g. APA 7). The tab also includes the option to Add/Edit Bibliography, which allows you to add references from your in-text citations automatically. Set-up Steps Zotero Register for a Zotero account. Download Zotero. Register for a free account. Install the Zotero Connector for your browser. Mendeley Create a Mendeley account. Download Mendeley Reference Manager. Install the Mendeley Web Importer for your browser. 3. Citation Screening Citation screening involves assessing all the sources you've identified as relevant to your topic/research question and deciding which sources to include in your final project. Covidence Covidence is a screening tool. It's particularly useful for evidence synthesis projects (e.g. systematic, scoping, rapid review), which often involve thousands of references and require control for bias. Import references from citation management software. Screen titles/abstracts with single or dual screeners and keep voting records. Bulk import PDFs Easily track reasons for exclusion during full-text review. Set-up Steps You need an @wlu.ca email account to join our institutional licence for Covidence. Students can get access if faculty create a review and invite them. Request an invitation to Covidence. Enter your information and click “Request Invitation” link. Accept the invitation in your email. Log in to your existing Covidence account or sign up for a new account, which will automatically link you to Wilfrid Laurier University Library.