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Academic Writing: research, literature and managing information
Online tools supporting the writing process
Dr Vanessa Camilleri,Faculty of ICT, University of Malta
23/02/2017
GDS5002 Feminist Research Methods
source: http://bit.ly/2lyVKKb
Outline• The Literature Review : A research journey
• Online Search• Online Research Management Tools
• Networking & Connections
How can scholars gain maximum
potential from the digital tools available?
Literature Review: a journey
Harvard School of Education: http://guides.library.harvard.edu/literaturereview
Searching Online
• Where to start from: • how to look for information?• how to detect and filter the crap from the
valid information?• how can online search contribute to our
growth in the subject area we’re interested in?
Search Engines• UoM Library (Hydi)• Science Direct• Google Scholar• Researchgate• Mendeley• Scopus
V. Camilleri, Doctoral Seminar
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http://scholar.google.com/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/
But who is the digital scholar?
What digital footprints do scholars leave? How can we follow them?
Impacts for digital scholarship include the quantity of peer-reviewed online information sources, the growth of social, peer academic networks, and the variety and range of content to draw upon for research that has broadened to include drafts of publications, conference presentations, blog posts, video and audio (Weller, 2011)
source: http://bit.ly/2m4jzYc
Managing your Tools• Using Refworks• Using Academia.edu• Using Google Scholar• Using ResearchGate• Using Mendeley Desktop • Using Zotero• Using Orcid
http://www.um.edu.mt/library/online_resources2/refworks
Making Connections
• Why share research? • Peer review • Idea Generation• Amplification of ideas• Networking
Sharing Research• How?
• Online• Research Groups• Blogs
• Face-to-Face• Seminars / Public talks• Summer Schools
The Social Media Scholar
Beyond these specific scholarly platforms, we have seen an increase in social networking use, academic blogging or microblogging (e.g. Twitter), and online sharing of images, videos, and audio for both data and research distribution
source: http://bit.ly/2lDtabb
Blogs
Conclusion
• Online tools help researchers: • Manage online information• Store publications• Disseminate personal publications• Gather feedback • Network
Conclusion
• Research that is not propagated most often loses value.
• Use of technology helps make your research more effective!
Links:• University of Malta Library: http://www.um.edu.mt/library
• Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/
• ScienceDirect: http://www.sciencedirect.com/
• Academia.edu: http://www.academia.edu/
• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net
• Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/ (downloadable)
• Mendeley: http://www.mendeley.com/ (downloadable)
• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/ (for groups, etc.)
• Directory of Open Access Journals: https://doaj.org
Thank you.
Contact:
email: [email protected]
Blog: http://seriouslyvirtual.wordpress.com/
LinkedIn: mt.linkedin.com/in/vanessacamilleri/
Twitter: @veecam
Skype: vcami01
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