Getting organised: from doing research to communicating your findings PPD Programme Emma Coonan Information Skills Librarian

Objectives Challenges Managing evolving research Visualising your research Tips and strategies

What are the challenges of doing a PhD? ‘Victorian mindmapped man’ by LukePDQ flickr.com, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 flickr.com

Evaluating formats and sources Evaluating resources including non full-text material Evolution of your research topic Saving, storing, futureproofing Strategic reading and notemaking Referencing and attribution practices Using a research method/s Managing your time Using evidence and finding your own voice Academic writing conventions Synthesising multiple views Managing your supervisor Presenting and communicating your research ? Managing data (all forms) Systematic literature searching

Sources of expertise Information sources, research question development, literature searching - Faculty Librarians Referencing and attribution practices, academic writing, synthesizing, presenting and communicating - Learning Enhancement Team (DOS) Time management, supervisors – DOS; PPD co-ordinator Saving, storing, futureproofing; managing references – Info Skills Librarian Research data management – Anna Collins, REN Further PPD sessions, e.g. ‘How to write the thesis’ (SCI)

Managing evolving research ‘Victorian mindmapped man’ by LukePDQ flickr.com, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 flickr.com

Stages in research Orientating yourself in your field, working out what to say Experimenting, data generation, coding, analysis Communicating your research

Where are you at? Orientating yourself in your field, working out what to say Experimenting, data generation, coding, analysis Communicating your research

Research evolves as you do it Graphic by Capella University LibraryCapella University Library

Alon, ‘How to choose a good scientific problem, Molecular Cell (2009) Research evolves as you do it

Developing your focus Example from Capella University, Library Research HandbookLibrary Research Handbook

Type 2 diabetes Patient adherence in type 2 diabetes sufferers Alcohol consumption and adherence to self-care behaviours in type 2 diabetes: the inclusion of brief interventions for alcohol in diabetes care Katy Knott (2013) University of Leicester PhD thesis Developing your focus

What is your research? What question are you answering (or asking)? Why are you doing it? Why will it make a difference to your field? How are you doing it? What’s your approach or method?

Visualising your research ‘Victorian mindmapped man’ by LukePDQ flickr.com, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 flickr.com

(PD: US Geological Survey)

Henry Doktorski, CC BY-SA Stretching and squeezing

Whole thesis

Stretching and squeezing Whole thesis Title

Stretching and squeezing Whole thesis Abstract Title

Stretching and squeezing Whole thesis Chapters or sections Abstract What – why – how Title

Stretching and squeezing Whole thesis Reverse outline (first line of each paragraph) Chapter/section plans, headings Chapters or sections Abstract What – why – how Title

Tips and strategies ‘Victorian mindmapped man’ by LukePDQ flickr.com, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 flickr.com

Big picture strategies Time planner Chapter planner Literature map Topic diagram

Reproduced with the permission of the author

Day-by-day strategies Time of day File management Research diary Free-writing and flat-packing

© Jorge Cham, reproduced with permission

The "vehicle for ordered creativity" (Schatzman & Strauss 1973: 105)

Free-writing ‘Flat-packing’

Objectives Challenges Managing evolving research Visualising your research Tips and strategies

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