CMNS 801 - Lab #2: planning and organizing your lit review

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1. Building the hinterland Connecting your research with previous works in the field Alberto Lusoli, Simon Fraser University. School of Communication
2. Why and how to structure your lit review Where to start a literature review Gathering papers…and then? Tools for organizing your library Oher useful tool for researchers
3. 3 Scholarly research is Structured, Systematic and Planned. These adjectives have no substantive meaning. Their significance depends on the way we define them. Scholarly research is not inherently structured, systematic and structured. Its structured-ness, systematic-ness and planned-ness depends on the enactment of some, field- specific, established and agreed-upon practices. In social sciences, literature review one of those practices. Berger, A. A. (2015). Media and Communication Research Methods: An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (4 edition). p.18.
4. Position your research Make your RQs emerge from the background literature Set the boundary of your research Benefits
5. Planning your review Moving back and forth between foundational works and recent debates
6. 6 Searching for relevant books & papers Source: Oxford Bibliographies
7. Think of your research Identify one or two keywords which describe it Try different queries on Oxford bibliographies Identify the entries which might be helpful Is there any good reading? Do not close the O.B. page once done
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10. Connect with recent debates
11. 11 Finding relevant and recent papers Source: lib.sfu.ca
12. Introductions Read the intros and sift through their references. Often this is the place where the Editors define the theoretical backbone of the special issue.
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14. Organizing How to handle hundreds of papers? How to organize them so that you do not have to spend hours finding concepts and citations?
15. 16 Reference Manager Software
16. 17 Zotero Vs Mendeley Free 2Gb cloud space iOS and Android Apps PDF reader w/ annotation and search Proprietary and owned by Elsevier Mendeley servers are not FIPPA compliant Cloud sync Free 300mb cloud space Word Plugin Browser Extension Free open-source software Zotero servers are not FIPPA compliant
17. 18 Zotero: first steps 1. Go to https://www.zotero.org/ 2. Create a new account 3. Download and install the client 1. If you are using a lab computer, keep the Zotero Tab open
18. 19 Zotero: start screen
19. 20 Zotero Connector https://www.zotero.org/download/
20. 21 Zotero: first steps 1. Go to lib.sfu.ca 2. Search for a paper 3. Archive it on your Zotero using Connector
21. 22 Import paper into Zotero
22. 23 Zotero: first steps
23. 24 Zotero: first steps
24. 25 Zotero: first steps *Dropbox servers are not FIPPA compliant
25. 26 Zotero Word Plugin
26. For next week Make sure you have a reference manager installed on your laptop. Build an initial list of references connected with your research.
27. For questions or help for setting the reference manager of your choice, write me at alusoli@sfu.ca THANK YOU