Skip to document
Welcome to StudocuSign in to access the best study resources
Guest user
0followers
HomeMy LibraryAsk AI
  • You don't have any recent items yet.
My Library
  • You don't have any modules yet.
  • You don't have any books yet.
  • You don't have any Studylists yet.

Week 1 PSY1001 - notes

notes
Module

Psychological Enquiry 1 (PSY1001)

3 Documents
Students shared 3 documents in this course
Academic year: 2021/2022
Uploaded by:
Anonymous Student
This document has been uploaded by a student, just like you, who decided to remain anonymous.
Newcastle University

Comments

Please sign in or register to post comments.

Students also viewed

Related documents

Preview text

Literature Searching

You are going to use this worksheet to learn how to search for journal articles using online

databases such as Web of Science, and Google Scholar.

Work your way through this worksheet in the workshop with the help of your peer

mentors and fellow mentees.

You have been given a topic for an essay:

Topic: Briefly describe the evidence that autistic people lack ToM and discuss how this

evidence may be empirically questionable and societally harmful.

To write your essay, you will need to find relevant empirical evidence published in journal

articles, which will help you to understand the topic, and to plan, develop, and support your

arguments.

But first, you need to find the evidence.

Prepare a list of the words that you would need to use in your search. It’s a good idea to

keep a track of your search terms and how they evolve, using (clear) handwritten notes, or a

simple word document grid like the example grid below.

You will find that the more you search a topic, the more key words, terminology, and key

authors you will discover that are associated with the topic. For example, when researching

depression, you might start off searching for the key word ‘depression’ but soon find that

researchers also use other relevant terms such as ‘well-being’ and ‘negative affect’.

The limits are the key words (or timeframes) that help to limit your search to more relevant

articles. For example, you might search for the key word autism, but unless you also tell the

database that the search must also include “theory of mind” (by using the AND operator),

then you will end up with a lot of studies on autism that may not be relevant to the specific

topic.

Example

Search words 1

Search words 2

Search words 3

Limit 1

Limit 2

Go to Web of Science (webofknowledge) to conduct a search on your topic.

Sign in using your Newcastle University log in details. (Hint, if you’re off campus you may

need to log in by selecting Institutional Sign In, then selecting UK Federation, then

searching for Newcastle University, this will take you to the Newcastle University login

gateway).

The best way to learn is to give it a go.

 Type in some relevant key words

 Use the add row function to expand your search

 Try out the Topic and Title options at the end of each search box

 What happens when you use the operator Or instead of And?

Identify from your Web of Science search 3-5 references, one of which should be recent

(published in 2018 or later), and another which should be at least 20 years old (published

2002 or earlier).

Consider the below when conducting your literature search:

 The search grid should be a simple list of terms, created from the topic above, which

you think are relevant.

 Can you access the full pdf document for any papers of interest? (Hint, look for the

Find @ or Full Text from Publisher buttons under each search result – not all of

them have this and it may take some digging to find the pdf).

 What happens when you click on the journal article’s title? This is how you decide

whether the article in question is relevant or not.

 Have you found any synonyms and key terms that you hadn’t initially listed? What

are they?

 Try using truncations and wildcards to account for regional spelling differences and

to widen the search – for example, “behav*r” will return “behavior” and “behaviour”

in Web of Science, but another character (such as $) may be used in other search

engines. For the Web of Science rules see:

images.webofknowledge/WOKRS533JR18/help/WOS/hs_wildcards.ht

ml

 Try all of the above with Google Scholar, Scopus, and Newcastle University’s library

search engine, how do they differ?

 Use the supplementary material on Canvas to help you in your searches.

 A useful link: internal.ncl.ac/ask/searching-reading-notetaking

Create a Word doc that includes your search grid + search summary + 3-5 abstracts (see Canvas for

an example).

Submit this Word doc to Canvas to successfully complete your first Portfolio submission.

Was this document helpful?

Week 1 PSY1001 - notes

Module: Psychological Enquiry 1 (PSY1001)

3 Documents
Students shared 3 documents in this course

University: Newcastle University

Was this document helpful?
Literature Searching
You are going to use this worksheet to learn how to search for journal articles using online
databases such as Web of Science, and Google Scholar.
Work your way through this worksheet in the workshop with the help of your peer
mentors and fellow mentees.
You have been given a topic for an essay:
Topic: Briefly describe the evidence that autistic people lack ToM and discuss how this
evidence may be empirically questionable and societally harmful.
To write your essay, you will need to find relevant empirical evidence published in journal
articles, which will help you to understand the topic, and to plan, develop, and support your
arguments.
But first, you need to find the evidence.
Prepare a list of the words that you would need to use in your search. It’s a good idea to
keep a track of your search terms and how they evolve, using (clear) handwritten notes, or a
simple word document grid like the example grid below.
You will find that the more you search a topic, the more key words, terminology, and key
authors you will discover that are associated with the topic. For example, when researching
depression, you might start off searching for the key word ‘depression’ but soon find that
researchers also use other relevant terms such as ‘well-being’ and ‘negative affect’.
The limits are the key words (or timeframes) that help to limit your search to more relevant
articles. For example, you might search for the key word autism, but unless you also tell the
database that the search must also include “theory of mind” (by using the AND operator),
then you will end up with a lot of studies on autism that may not be relevant to the specific
topic.
Example
Search words 1
Search words 2
Search words 3
Limit 1
Limit 2
Go to Web of Science (www.webofknowledge.com) to conduct a search on your topic.
Sign in using your Newcastle University log in details. (Hint, if you’re off campus you may
need to log in by selecting Institutional Sign In, then selecting UK Federation, then
searching for Newcastle University, this will take you to the Newcastle University login
gateway).

Students also viewed

Related documents