Course: Kickstart your 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.

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

Content
Literature review, Search strategy, Search technique.

Format
Online via Zoom
The course will include a presentation as well as hands-on assignments.
The presentation will be in English.

Teacher: information consultant Maria Ravnkilde Christensen.

Sign up
To sign up or get further info please send an email to bibliotek@dtu.dk