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Graduate School of Management
St. Petersburg State University
Efficient usage of library resources
The process of writing the Master’s dissertation Planning the project Choosing a topic Writing a critical literature review Researching and analyzing Interpreting the research material Framing arguments and writing up
Choosing (formulating) a topic
Linguistic approach Metacognitive approach
(concept maps) Epistemological approach (Vee
diagrams)
Choosing a topic: Linguistic approach
Main title‘The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting”
Concept 1News media
Concept 2Sensationalism
Concept 3Balanced reporting
Topic 1
Charact. of
publications
Topic 2
Types of news media
Topic 3
People involved
Topic 1
Define sensationalism
Topic 2
Attitudes towards sensation
Topic 3
The law
Topic 1
Define balanced reporting
Topic 2
Commercial interest
Topic 3
Impartiality
Reporting styles
Newspapers
Reporters Dictionary definition
Attitudes of the populace
Privacy laws, etc.
Dictionary definition
Vested interests
Use of language
TV Editors Definition used in investigation
Definition used in investigation
Readership figures
Use of images Radio Newspaper owners
Readership profiles
Readers
Subject areas covered
Choosing a topic: Metacognitive approach
Choosing a topic: Epistemological approach
Writing a critical literature review: prerequisites Library holds more than 60.000 books
and 20.000 periodicals. GSOM Library OPAC Library e-subscription contains more
than 40 full text and reference databases (29 international and 12 Russian)
Writing a critical literature review: prerequisitesDatabase licensing terms. the user is not able to use the database for any commercial use
if the agreement is for educational use only (this can include students who go on industrial placements and still have access to their university/ college electronic resources)
not allowing publication of passwords to a third party use by a set number of concurrent users. When this limit is exceeded, other users cannot access the resource
not using downloading software
Writing a critical literature review: sources
Monographs Articles DissertationsReference Databases
Ebrary
Elsevier Books
Springer Books
ABI Inform (i)EBSCO (i)JSTOR (i)InfoTrac (i)Integrum (i)Elsevier (p)Emerald (p)Oxford UP (p)et al.
ProQuestDissertations(internat.)
DigitalDissertation library (rus)
Scopus
Web of Knowledge
Writing a critical literature review: Articles & JournalsAggregators ABI Inform Global EBSCO InfoTrac JSTOR Integrum (rus)
PublishersElsevier
Emerald
Wiley
Oxford Univ. Press
Camb. Univ. Press
Sage
Grebennikoff (rus)
Et al.
Writing a critical literature review: Articles searching engines
A-Z Journal Finder Sample Reference databases
SCOPUS Sample
Web of Science
Individual research basics: sources
Company Information &
Financials
Country Information &
Statistics
Market & Research
reports
Industry Information &
Statistics
LexisNexis (int)
CompanyProfiles (EBSCO) (int)
SKRIN (rus)SPARK(rus)
Source OECD
World Bank
GMID
Country Profiles (EBSCO)
GMID
Mintel Reports
ProQuest Snapshot Series
GMID
Industry Profiles (EBSCO)