1. Research Skills

2. Outline
Review article formats
Organizing and writing
Review search tools and techniques
Organizing sources

3. Format Review
Pubmed list for Asthma

4. Background information Current information
Information needs
Background information ?
Current information

5. Research/Writing Process
Starting?
Do you need background information before/after/during?
Techniques
Mapping
Brainstorming
Outline
During?
What is the process?
Ending?
When do you have enough sources? When are you finished writing?

6. Mapping

7. Outline Topic Subtopic 1 Subtopic 2 Point 1 Evidence 1 Evidence 2
Etc….

8. Research/Writing Process
Starting?
Do you need background information before/after/during?
Techniques
Mapping
Outline
Brainstorming
During?
What is the process?
Ending?
When do you have enough sources? When are you finished writing?

9. Plan > Research > Write > Edit
Writing Process
Not linear
Plan > Research > Write > Edit
Messy
Search > plan > write > plan more > search again > rewrite > etc

10. Research/Writing Process
Starting?
Do you need background information before/after/during?
Techniques
Mapping
Brainstorming
Outline
During?
What is the process?
Ending?
When do you have enough sources? When are you finished writing?

11. When to stop?
Starting with a plan will make it easier to know when to stop
Decide how much information do you need to make each point

12. Search Technique Review
PICO
Population
Intervention
Comparator
Outcome
Techniques
Boolean operators AND vs OR
Asterix
Quotation marks
Proximity operator

13. Search Tool Review Pubmed CINAHL (Ebsco) PsychINFO (Proquest)
MeSH – geography > subheadings
Filters – population > document > dates
Similar articles
CINAHL (Ebsco)
proximity operator – Nx
PsychINFO (Proquest)
Proximity operator - N/n
Test & measure
Web of Science
Highly cited in field
Hot papers
Search history
Subject/thesaurus

14. Find one background information source Select a subtopic
Asthma worksheet
Find one background information source
Use any search tool
Select a subtopic
Find one current information source
Use a search tool that you are not used to using.

15. Brainstorming
Asthma?
Lifespan – outcomes
Outcomes - lifespan

16. Writing - Think of your audience
Define your terms
Do my potential readers share a common definition of the concepts I am discussing?
Avoid buzzwords
Could this term or topic be understood differently by different readers?
Provide context
Is this an idea that is particularly present in my own environment?
Explain why your topic is important
Am I assuming that the reader already believes in the importance of this issue?

17. News article American Scientist The Guardian Reading level MS word
File > Options > Proofing tab
Go to When correcting spelling and grammar in Word heading
Check Show readability statistics
Click OK and exit
Review > Spelling & Grammar
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level

18. Grant proposal
The Professor is in
University of Georgia

19. Citation Management
Mendeley
Zotero
Endnote