Kickstart your literature review

Search strategy, search technique, literature review ...

The aim of this online course is to help you brush up your search skills and improve your ability to find relevant material for your literature review.

Who

The webinar is tailored for researchers at DTU, incl. PhD students.

What

The webinar will include tips on how to:

  • formulate a search strategy
  • select databases and other search tools that match your information need
  • expand your search to capture additional results and narrow down your search when you find too much information
  • document your search process.
     

Suggested reading

Gusenbauer, Michael, and Neal R Haddaway. “Which academic search systems are suitable for systematic reviews or meta-analyses? Evaluating retrieval qualities of Google Scholar, PubMed, and 26 other resources.”Research synthesis methods vol. 11,2 (2020): 181-217. doi:10.1002/jrsm.1378
https://findit.dtu.dk/en/catalog/2562320040 

Format

Webinar, online via Zoom; link is be provided by mail.
The presentation will be in English.

Teachers

This webinar is run by information consultants from DTU Library.

When

Find dates for our webinars in our calendar or at DTU Inside.
DTU Library calendar

Sign up

Participation is free, but requires registration.
To sign-up or get further info please send an email to bibliotek@dtu.dk