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Welcome to the UOW Library postgraduate tutorial

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?

1. Examples of literature reviews are available, do you know
where to find them?

 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

No
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

7.  Do you add words like statistics, survey, qualitative to your
search terms?

 Yes No

8. Would you search for  review articles which provide an
overview of the topic?

 Yes No

9. The Library catalogue and databases seem to contain similar
information. Do you know the difference between the two?

 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

11. Have you considered using EndNote to store your references
and have it automatically create a bibliography for you?

 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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