1. 1. A bit about me 2. My project 3. Things I learnt 4. Organising Literature 5. What I found beneficial about being a student researcher

2. A little bit about me…. Grace Carter 3 rd year student at YSJ Studying Sport Science: Exercise practice Adventure Sports Holidays/Fun/Socials Baking

3. Evaluating Children's Physical Activity in a Free Play Environment

4. Why this project? Prevents chronic health problems Promotes physical, social and psychosocial development Vital for good health

5. 30% of children in the UK are overweight or obese (BHF, 2012) 35% of children are not getting enough exercise (60minutes of moderate-high intensity activity) (BHF, 2012)

6. Finally… Is a free play centre a good way to increase children's physical activity? Non structured active play is the highest recorded type of physical activity! (BHF, 2012)

7. Doing a good research project doesn’t have to frazzle your brain!

8. DO YOUR RESEARCH!

9. 1 st Step What is the topic? Break down search topic into sections Think of key terms to describe topic Use advanced search on database

10. * Evaluating Children's Physical Activity in a Free Play Environment * For phrase search use quotation marks - “Physical Activity” * Use OR between words on same search line for alternatives * Subject terms – click on arrow to change index * Varied word endings eg: Measure* for measurement, measurements, measured

11. Choose where to Search * Discover- New library Catalogue * Search individual databases- relevant to your subject -i.e SPORTDiscus – all aspects of sport Modifying Searches * Experiment with different search words * Limit to years of publication

12. Save articles in library folder Look at abstracts Create Article table Article Reference and availability

13. Can copy and paste from library source!

15. Keeping a perspective of the articles…

16. ThemeSub-themeArticle to support/contribute The importance of autonomy A14,A13,A12, A10, A9, A1 The importance of the built environment A10, A6, A4, A3, A2, A17, A19, A23 Perceived barriers to PA The importance of neighbourhood safety A10, A17, A20 Travel distanceA17 WeatherA20 Other commitments (homework) A20 Importance of free play PA A8 Relevance of timing of PA i.e, weekends, afterschool, in school. A7, A17, A24

17. SAVES A LOT OF TIME! MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO GATHER AND ORGANISE LITERATURE

18. * Beneficial for a student * Flexible job opportunity * Expanding/Networking * Massively Improved research skills! * Fantastic CV experience