1. The Graduate Student Toolbox: Getting Started 1.Journals 2.Databases 3.Note-taking Matt Fry ENV 210F mfry@unt.edu

2. Questions this brief session will help you get started with: How do I come up with a thesis/dissertation topic? How do I get started searching for literature or articles on this topic? What does ‘body of literature’ or ‘theoretical framework’ mean? What journals should I be reading? What are ‘Geography’ journals? How do I know which articles are the most influential?

3. Getting started: Talk to the professors in your department about your ideas ALWAYS bring a notebook and pen/pencil (or other note-taking devise)

4. Getting started: Use and book mark UNT library page: http://www.library.unt.edu/

5. Getting started: Three useful databases: Web of KnowledgeWeb of Knowledge/Web of Science JSTOR Google Scholar Also, the UNT library page

6. Geography Journals? Journal Citation Reports: http://admin-apps.webofknowledge.com/JCR/JCR

8. Relevant Journals? But there are more discipline oriented journals out there! Talk to professors. ALWAYS bring a notebook and pen/pencil (or other note-taking devise)

9. Getting started steps: 1.Use your notes to identify topics and key words 2.Use databases to search key words 3.Refine key words as you go 4.Start building folders of article pdfs based on topics/themes/key words 5.Some of these will become the ‘bodies of literature’ or ‘theoretical frameworks’ you use in your thesis