1. Your Librarians chhslibrary@swansea.ac.uk 01792 602240
Clare, Elen, Izzy, Katrina, Stephen

2. What is your literature review?
“A literature review is an analysis and synthesis of the information found in a literature search”
Provide an account of and justify your literature search strategy”

3. Before we start....

4. How will you manage the stuff you find?
Keep track of where you searched and what you searched for?
Refine your search terms as you go?
Save the results that you find?
Store the PDFs of material that you use?
Ask students if/how they do this already. In this session demonstrate the setting up of an account to permanently save references in the EBSCO databases – handout for this.

5. What is your topic?
Explain it makes searching much easier when you have a definite idea of the topic!

6. My research topic is about...
...“the role of the carer in the relationship of the nurse and their patients with dementia.”

7. Research Topic: role of the carer in the relationship of the nurse and their patients with dementia

8. Research Topic: role of the carer in the relationship of the nurse and their patients with dementia
Nurse-patient relationship
Dementia
Carer

9. Research Topic: role of the carer in the relationship of the nurse and their patients with dementia
Nurse-patient relation*
Dementia
Care*
Alzheimers
Family
Cognitive impairment*
Guardian*
KH – I tend to use this just to illustrate the process of identifying key terms but use an example from the students to try a search.

10. What is your topic?

11. Where are you going to search?

12. iFindResearch PsycINFO CINAHL Reference lists Medline Ask an expert
Google Scholar
iFindResearch PsycINFO
CINAHL Reference lists
Medline Ask an expert
ASSIA Specific journals you know of (hand searching)
Cochrane Health websites (eg Evidence Search)
All of these sources could be useful.
Demo Google Scholar and setting the link to Swansea University Library.

13. Not everything will be available Full Text!
Access via
Library
subscription
Not everything
will be
available
Full Text!
Everything
published
on your
topic
Free!

14. Success with online resources:
Use the right login:
Username – student number
Password – normal login
Use the right link
Use our iFind /iGetIt links to make sure you get to the right login screen!
Links from Google may not get you to the correct login procedure

15. Use iFind as your starting point
Available through myuni.swan.ac.uk
Searches for journal articles & more
Easy to see Full Text results

16. Keep good notes! Where you searched When you searched
What you searched for
What you found
Save details of citations used to ensure an accurate reference list

17. Referencing Accurate & consistent APA Referencing full guide
Try finding 3-5 articles on your topic in this session and write the references correctly!
Demonstrate the Cite option in the EBSCO databases.

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Clare, Elen, Izzy, Katrina, Stephen
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