1. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 CLASS 1 25.10.2006 Project Thesis (Fundamental Research Tools)

2. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Class 1 General Introduction, Identification of research objectives and literature review Wednesday, 25 th October

3. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Contents Identification of research theme Identification of objectives Introduction to basic definitions Philosophy, scientific methodology and ethics Literature Review Database searching and management Impact factor, citation index ENDNOTE tutorial ISI tutorial Identification of novelty of research theme Identification of contribution of literature theme

4. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 What the Graduate Thesis is All About? What is the research question? Is it a good question? has it been answered before? is it a useful question to work on? Is the question adequately answered? Is the thesis an adequate contribution to knowledge?

5. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Definitions Objectives Methodology Results Discussion Conclusions

6. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Definitions Objectives: what? Methodology Results Discussion Conclusions

7. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Definitions Objectives Methodology: how? Results Discussion Conclusions

8. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Definitions Objectives Methodology Results: output Discussion Conclusions

9. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Definitions Objectives Methodology Results Discussion: analysis Conclusions

10. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Definitions Objectives Methodology Results Discussion Conclusions: inferences

11. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Objectives Must be specific Must be clear Must state what action will be performed and what will be accomplished I will do A, so I can accomplish B

12. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 What Is A Review of the Literature?

13. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 What Is A Review of the Literature? A review of the literature is a classification and evaluation of what accredited scholars and researchers have written on a topic, organized according to a guiding concept such as your research objective, thesis, or the problem/issue you wish to address. recognize relevant information synthesize and evaluate it according to the guiding concept what literature exists, AND your informed evaluation of the literature.

14. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Skills information seeking: the ability to scan the literature efficiently using manual or computerized methods to identify a set of potentially useful articles and books.

15. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Skills critical appraisal: the ability to apply principles of analysis to identify those studies which are unbiased and valid. Your readers want more just than a descriptive list of articles and books.

16. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 A literature review must... organize information and relate it to the thesis or research question you are developing synthesize results into a summary of what is and isn't known identify controversy when it appears in the literature develop questions for further research The value of your review does not simply depend on how many sources you find

17. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Questions to Ask Yourself Do I have a specific question which my literature review helps to define? What type of literature review am I conducting? What is the scope of my literature review? How good are my information seeking skills? Is there a specific relationship between the literature I've chosen to review and the problem I've formulated? Have I critically analyzed the literature I use? Have I cited and discussed studies contrary to my perspective? Will the reader find my literature review relevant, appropriate, and useful?

18. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Reviewing Literature What were the authors trying to discover? Why is this piece of research important? What was measured? What information do you have on the sample? How was the data collected? What were the results? What do the authors conclude and to what do they attribute their findings? Can you accept the findings as true? How can you apply these findings to your own work?

19. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Tools available Library Citation Index Current Contents WWW engines

20. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 SCOPUS (http://www.scopus.com/scopus/home.url)

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29. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 ISI Web of Knowledge High impact journals

30. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 ISI Web of Knowledge Bibliographic information

31. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Conference proceedings ISI Web of Knowledge

32. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 ISI Web of Knowledge Patent resource

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59. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Endnote – Bibliography Database

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78. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Endnote – Bibliography Database

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80. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Endnote – Bibliography Database

81. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Endnote – Bibliography Database

82. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Endnote – Bibliography Database

83. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Endnote Tutorial

84. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Endnote Tutorial

85. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Installing Endnote into WORD

86. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Installing Endnote into WORD

87. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 What is next? synthesize results identify controversy develop questions The final product will be a unique and appopriate integration of evidence you have located outside yourself and personal insights.

88. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Final Checklist Selection of Sources Have you indicated the purpose of the review? Are the parameters of the review reasonable? Why did you include some of the literature and exclude others? Which years did you exclude? Have you emphasised recent developments? Have you focussed on primary sources with only selective use of secondary sources? Is the literature you have selected relevant? Is your bibliographic data complete?

89. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Final Checklist Critical Evaluation of the Literature Have you organised your material according to issues? Is there a logic to the way you organised the material? Does the amount of detail included on an issue relate to its importance? Have you been sufficiently critical of design and methodological issues? Have you indicated when results were conflicting or inconclusive and discussed possible reasons? Have you indicated the relevance of each reference to your research?

90. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Final Checklist Interpretation Has your summary of the current literature contributed to the reader's understanding of the problems? Does the design of your research reflect the methodological implications of the literature review? The review provides a rationale for your research.

91. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Where to publish your work - Quality vs. Quantity - Journals related to your research field - Look for visibility: a) Good ranked journal b) Impact factor B= 1992 cites to articles published in 1990-91 C= number of articles published in 1990-91 D= B/C = 1992 impact factor

92. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Impact Factor

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96. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Aggregate Impact Factor

97. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Aggregate Impact Factor

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99. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 References http://wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/lboyer/education/grad_ed.htm http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/postgrad/litreview/gettingstarted.html http://isiknowledge.com http://www.urv.es/biblioteca http://www.endnote.com http://www.sce.carleton.ca/faculty/chinneck/thesis.html http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Dept/Tips/writing/thesis/thesis-structure.htm Muriel J. Bebeau, Moral Reasoning in Scientific Research Cases for Teaching and Assessment, 1995: http://poynter.indiana.edu/

100. Project Thesis 2006 Adapted from Flor Siperstein Lecture 2004 Class 1 25.10.2006 Homework Identification of research themes Carry out literature review using ISI/SCOPUS and using trial version of ENDNOTE, create organised database. Using ISI, choose 5 of the articles found and make a table listing journal, impact factor, aggregate impact factor, no. of citations of paper Short summary of literature review Identification of novelty of research to be carried out, contribution that will be made and where results could be published