Welcome to the UOW Library postgraduate tutorial
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Research Edge is a tutorial designed to assist with advanced research skills. It is for postgraduate students looking to gain an edge to their research. However, anyone undertaking research will find this tutorial useful. |
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What do you know?
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1. Examples of literature reviews are available, do you know |
Yes | No |
| 2. Are you using a range of information sources in your research? | Yes | No |
| 3. Have you considered English and American spelling variations? |
Yes |
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| 4. Subject headings focus your search. Do you limit to subject headings? | Yes | No |
| 5. Have you heard about nesting terms? | Yes | No |
| 6. Have you used a proximity search to ensure your terms appear near each other? |
Yes | No |
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7. Do you add words like statistics, survey, qualitative to your |
Yes | No |
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8. Would you search for review articles which provide an |
Yes | No |
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9. The Library catalogue and databases seem to contain similar |
Yes | No |
| 10. Web of Science is a database for all postgraduate students. Have you explored its full potential including the Cited Reference Search link? |
Yes | No |
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11. Have you considered using EndNote to store your references |
Yes | No |
| 12. Do you keep up to date by using email alerts? | Yes | No |
| 13. Have you critically evaluated information including websites? | Yes | No |


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