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Walden University Academic Residencies:

Library: Organizing and Analyzing your Research Literature

Presenter: Lynn VanLeer, MLS

PhD Residency 1

Welcome Back!! Library Part 2

Library > Library Skills > Residency/Intensive Library session materials

(same concepts, just a little different structure)

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Residency/Intensive Library session materials

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Learning Objectives

Develop ways to build the student’s research literature collections through ongoing course research and subject searches.

Apply organizational tools, including a search log and a literature review matrix.

Identify citation management software for personal use.

Session Agenda

Build your research collection

While in courses

Reading broadly in your area of interest

Building off a useful article

Organizational tools

Search Log

Literature Review Matrix

Citation Management Software

Ready? Let’s forge ahead!

Bits from previous session

Limit to peer review (check box in most databases)

Verify peer review (if you find an article outside of the database searches)

Subscription databases (our library) vs. Google Scholar

Question from yesterday: limit by geography (also let’s look at abbreviations)

Search Alerts (will do today!!)

Find Walden Dissertations

Quick Answer for all of these!

Build your personal research collection

Save useful or interesting articles as you go Start reading broadly in your area of interest

Read one research study per week (yes, in addition to course readings!)

Will familiarize you with useful databases, journals

Help formulate ideas for your own study

Enter those articles into the Literature Review Matrix

Identify Other Sources using an Existing Article

Bibliography or citation mining

Cited reference searching

Suggestions for related articles (provided by databases or Google Scholar)

Search for an author’s CV or website

See if we have the journal:

How do I find an article by searching for the journal title?

Activity #1: Identify more research using an existing article (Live Demo for virtual)

On the Library’s website, click on Start your Research

Click on Google Scholar

Run a search using any keywords of interest to you

Choose a result.

Look at its References

Look at “Related Articles”

Look at “Cited by” .

Citation: Bailey, S., Hendricks, S., & Applewhite, S. (2015). Student perspectives of assessment strategies in online courses. Journal Of Interactive Online Learning, 13(3), 112.

Organizational tools

Database search log: track your searches. (Where you’ve been!)

Literature Review matrix: organize and analyze individual articles. (What you’ve read!)

Citation Management Software: collect your literature and create citations Quick Answers!! Help Guides!

Library Guide to Capstone Literature Reviews: Get & Stay Organized

What is a search log or matrix?

Does the Walden Library have citation management software?

Database search log

Name of specific database (not vendor (EBSCO)

PsycINFO

Search terms or search string used

Example: Leadership AND personality AND managers; limited to peer reviewed, 2014-present

Number of results

Notes on the search

Wow, a lot also including cultural & international issues as well as gender. New direction for my search?

Literature Review Matrix

Template and sample are available:

in your Residency 1 materials

on the Writing Center at Organizational Tools

To locate: go to Writing Center website, and search for Literature Review Matrix

Quick Answers: type in Matrix

literature review matrix

Author(s) last name, first initial Publication date Title of article or chapter Book title Journal title Database Library URL DOI Keyword search Course Theorists Method

Design Population Sample Problem Purpose Research questions Summary (what is it about?) Analysis (strengths or weaknesses compared to other studies) Reference list entry (APA 7th) FURTHER RESEARCH NEEDED!

Citation Management Software

Explore your software options. The Library does not endorse or provide support for any specific program.

Comparison of software

Download software and try it for yourself; see software website for information and tech support.

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Quick Answers! Citation Management

Activity #2: Organizing Literature with the Literature Review Matrix (Do on your own )

Download the Literature Review Matrix Template (if you don’t already have it).

Literature Review Matrix

Enter an article in the matrix. Think about what information will be useful for your own personal research topic.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You will use this matrix in Residency 2.

Back it up!!