Course Number: GG700-800 Subject: Geography and Environmental Studies To book a research consultationUse my Appointment booking calendarWho to contact at University of WaterlooMarian Davies, Geography and Environmental Management LibrarianUW Library Research contact form for Marian DaviesFirst steps: research question and literature reviewPlanning a literature review: video (5:10) with tips on searching, analysing, and organizing sources for your literature reviewGenerating research questions and keywords:How to become a literature searching ninja (the Thesis Whisperer)Developing a research question: for graduate students (a short, general video)Healey, M. and Healey, R. L. (2015). "How to conduct a literature review," in Clifford, N.J. et al. (eds). (2015). Key methods in geography. London: SAGE Publications. (short chapter (6.4.4), available in Google Books)White, P. (2009). Developing research questions : A guide for social scientists. Basingstoke [England] ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan.The Library SystemOmni: use to access print books and e-books; individual journals; best for scholarly books3 search scopes available: 1) Laurier Libraries; 2) Laurier+Waterloo+Guelph Libraries; 3) Laurier+Omni LibrariesDetails on delivery times available hereDatabases: access to the greater “information ecosystem"; best to use for peer-reviewed articlesWLU Subject DatabasesUW Research and journal DatabasesUW Special Collections & Archives/WLU Archives: for local “restricted” collectionsInterlibrary Loan (RACER): to request wide print materials outside Omni libraries; use for both books and journal articlesNOTE: Some of these services are limited our unavailable due to Covid-19 pandemicUnique things to knowUse Omni primarily for booksOmni IS case sensitive = use AND, OR, NOT to connect your search termsYou can "virtually browse" the shelves using the Virtual Browse link on an individual titleConstructing a search stringMost databases:Use connectors (Boolean operators) to combine terms Watch our video Better Searching using AND, OR NOTAND = use between search terms to retrieve ALL the words in each recordOR = use to search related terms/synonyms on the same topicNOT = excludes words or phrases, but should be used judiciously" " = phrase search, exact words in a particular order* = truncation, searches for different forms of a word (variant spellings)? = wildcard, searches for variant spellings of one letter, e.g. colo?r searches for color, colourMost databases have good "Help" resources on Boolean/Advanced searching; good to check these out before you start; they have advance features not discussed in detail in classHow to tell if a journal is scholarly/peer-reviewed/refereed?Many databases, e.g. ProQuest; EBSCO, allow limit to peer-reviewed articles by check boxOther databases, e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Geobase, do not have peer-reviewed check box limiterIn this case, you should limit results to "Articles" on the left side menu; this usually removes non-peer-reviewed materials such as conference proceedings, chapters, book reviews, opinion articles, and letters to the editorIf in doubt whether an article is from a peer-reviewed journalUse Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory - do a title search and look for the "referee" symbolVisit the web site of the journal, check their "About" section to determine if it is peer-reviewed, and what the process isFor a definition and discussion of "predatory journals" see Grudniewicz, A., Moher, D., Cobey, K. D., Bryson, G. L., Cukier, S., Allen, K., ... & Lalu, M. M. (2019). Predatory journals: no definition, no defence. Nature 576, 210-212. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03759-yCitation Metrics/Impact of ResearchJournal Impact Factor: from InCites Journal Citation Reports, through Web of ScienceEigenfactor: alternate metric showing "article's importance to the scientific community" from Eigenfactor.orgSciMago Journal and Country rank: publicly available portal showing journals and country scientific indicators developed from information in the Scopus databaseCreate a "controlled vocabulary"AKA: Index, Thesaurus, list of Keywords, Subject HeadingsYou need to identify centrally important concepts in your research area and create fixed definitions for them (Abbott, 2014)Assists you in searching, categorizing, analysis and write-upEspecially important when doing systematic reviews or being careful in replicating researchOne database every graduate student should know: Dissertations & ThesesThis is a database of Doctoral dissertations and Master's thesesLaurier access - see the Theses and Dissertations page - look for the 1st link to the ProQuest databaseU. Waterloo access - see the Dissertations and Theses page - it's the 1st result listedEvery dissertation should have a literature review sectionA thesis will often provide a more comprehensive "review" of the literatureManaging CitationsGetting started with Zotero (video)Using Mendeley's plug-in for Word (video)Using Zotero's plug-in for Word (video)Zotero or Mendeley: which one is best? (video)Services for Graduate StudentsClick relevant links below for more information on additional Research Workshops, information on the Joint Programme, Graduate Commons Study Space, and more. Services for graduate students from the Laurier LibraryServices for graduate students from the UW LibraryList of Ontario University LibrariesNote: University of Toronto has limits on who may use materials; External researchers (Grad Students, Faculty, or staff from other Canadian Universities) must purchase a Direct Borrower cardReading research articlesHow to read a scientific paper. From Elsevier.How to read and understand a scientific article. From University Affairs.How to read a scientific article. From Rice UniversityGG700/800 YouTube Video Tutorials (with contents)Online Graduate Library Research Workshop: Introduction2:30 How to contact4:05 UW Geography Librarian contact informationPart 1.2: Academic Information Ecosystem Part 2.1: From Research Question to Search Strategy 0:10 Topics0:36 Research questions1:05 Generating research questions and keywords2:42 Research question example: mapping6:53 Creating a research thesaurus/controlled vocabulary10:04 How to create?Part 2.2: Research Database demo 0:03 controlled vocabulary search in ProQuest2:33 controlled vocabulary results in Web of SciencePart 2.3 Creating a Controlled Vocabulary and Search Strategy0:00 Intro0:36 Thinking about concepts2:08 Search example2:15 Creating a search strategy2:19 Purpose of a search strategy3:42 Steps in creating a search strategy5:27 Example7:43 Documenting your researchPart 3.1: The Mechanics of Search0:00 Introduction1:05 Important caveat!3:18 Boolean operators6:19 Phrase searching7:10 Wildcards and truncation9:09 Keywords vs. Subject Headings10:29 LimitersPart 3.2: The Mechanics of Search, Examples 0:06 Geobase5:10 Web of Science6:14 Omni outlier7:20 Help in databasesPart 4.1: Managing your Information, Saving searches to a database 0:24 Assumptions0:47 Topics1:54 Saving searches to a database2:06 Saving searches in ProQuest4:43 Saving searches in Geobase5:10 Saving results in Web of SciencePart 4.2: Managing your Information, saving references to a database0:19 Saving references in ProQuest1:57 Saving records in Web of SciencePart 4.3: Managing your Information, saving references to a reference manager0:05 Intro0:42 Downloading records from Geobase1:55 Saving records to Mendeley Reference Manager5:29 Saving records to Zotero8:10 Working with pdfs in Mendeley10:35 Working with pdfs in ZoteroPart 4.4: Managing your Information, managing info with a reference manager0:11 Managing information in Zotero0:48 Removing duplicates in Zotero2:06 Creating a bibliography in Zotero3:31 Mendeley update4:20 WLU Online workshops Further ReadingFaculty/Librarian recommendations:Graduate School in GeneralHaggerty, K., & Doyle, A. (2015). 57 ways to screw up in grad school : perverse professional lessons for graduate students. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.print - UW Copyebook - WLU CopyBerdahl, L., & Malloy, J. (2018). Work Your Career: Get What You Want from Your Social Sciences or Humanities PhD. University of Toronto Press.ebook - UW copyebook - WLU copyHeard, S. (2016). The Scientist’s Guide to Writing : How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career. Princeton University Press.ebook - WLU copyGraduate Theses ManualsParsons, T. and Knight, PG. (2015). How To Do Your Dissertation in Geography and Related Disciplines. Routledge.Intended for Undergraduates but still has good information for all stages of writing a dissertation.ebook - UW Copyebook - WLU CopyDollinger, M. (2019). Getting the Most Out of Your Doctorate. Bingley: Emerald Publishing.ebook - WLU CopyBlair, L. (2016). Writing a Graduate Thesis or Dissertation. Boston : Brill.ebook - UW Copyprint - WLU CopyOliver, P. (2014). Writing your thesis. (Third edition.). SAGE.Contains a chapter on writing a literature reviewebook - WLU Copyprint - UW copyBiggam, J. (2015). Succeeding with your master's dissertation : a step-by-step handbook. Berkshire, England : Open University Pressprint - UW Copyebook - WLU CopyGeography/Environmental Studies Research ManualsThese deal more with non-library related components of the research process.Clifford, N.J. et al. (eds.). 2015. Key methods in geography. London: SAGE Publications. (multiple editions available)Gomez, B. and J. P. Jones. (eds.). 2010. Research methods in geography : a critical introduction. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.Hay, I. 2016. Qualitative research methods in human geography (Fourth ed.). Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press.Kanazawa, M. 2018. Research methods for environmental studies : A social science approach. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge.Montello, D. R. and P. C. Sutton (eds.). (2013). An introduction to scientific research methods in geography and environmental studies. 2nd ed. London: SAGE Publications.Northey, M., Draper, D., & Knight, D. B. (2015). Making sense : a student’s guide to research and writing : geography and environmental sciences (Sixth edition.). Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press. Link to Laurier copy and other copies in OmniGeneral Library Research ManualsAbbott, A. (2014). Digital paper : a manual for research and writing with library and internet materials. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.Abbott is an expert Sociologist and provides a great narrative (Ch. 2, A Library Ethnography) of what detailed library work consists of.Mann, T. (2015). The Oxford guide to library research. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press.A comprehensive look into the entire gamut of library research; covers database searching at the intermediate to expert level.Indigenous ResearchIndigenous Research Guide: Developed at UW "jointly by Indigenous students from the Graduate Students Association, the Office of Research, and the Library..." The guide "is intended to identify Indigenous-related resources that have been marginalized, erased, and ignored because of dominant Western practices in education, scholarship, and library science."