SoTL Literature Reviews: Strategies and Mechanics Hello there! I'm Erik Christiansen ~ Librarian, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada ● echristiansen@mtroyal.ca / contact@erikchristiansen.net ● erikchristiansen.net ● Twitter @ egchristiansen ● Pod edtechexamined.com Today’s objectives By the end of this session you will 1. Be able to explain the literature search planning process 2. Be able to identify relevant databases and journals to search Screenshot taken from the TLI Journal, Vol. 11 Informed by health sciences CC image from PEXELS What I’d like to cover Planning Searching Analysis Creating a search strategy and Where to look and how to Strategies for analyzing the setting up documentation construct the search literature and managing citations High-level: Language “Theme” the research question — What are the essential “themes” (or “chunks”) of your question, and what are the relevant keywords (including synonyms)? CC images from PEXELS Research question development sheet Do mind mapping activities impact students’ motivation in the classroom? Do mind mapping activities impact students’ motivation in the classroom? Theme 1: Mind-mapping Theme 2: Motivation Theme 3: Students Theme 4: Classroom/higher education Theme 1: Mind-mapping “mind-map”, “free association”, “word painting”, “thought association” Theme 2: Motivation motivat*, incentive, inspir* Theme 3: Students student* Theme 4: Classroom/higher education college, university, “higher education”, post-secondary, tertiary Mechanics of the search Levels of search Library discovery layers STEP 1 Aggregate content from journals. Ideal for interdisciplinary topics. Databases STEP 2 Journals STEP 3 Citation indexes Shortlist relevant journals to search based on results from your institutional library search or databases Who is cited CC image from Pixabay Search operators Boolean: AND/OR/NOT - mind-map AND classroom - motivation OR inspire - mind-map NOT “bubble chart” Truncation: * - Search different spellings and plural/singular - e.g. behav* Exact phrases: “cognitive dissonance” Proximity searching: student N2 motivat* CC image from Pixabay Theme 1: Mind-mapping “mind-map” OR “free association” OR “word painting” OR “thought association” Theme 2: Motivation motivat* OR incentive OR inspir* Theme 3: Student student* Theme 4: Classroom/higher education college OR university OR “higher education” OR post-secondary OR tertiary Starting databases Education/SoTL ● Education Resource Information Centre (ERIC) - GSU ● Education Research Complete (EBSCO product) ● ProQuest Education Database - GSU ● JSTOR Citation indexes - Scopus - Web of Science - Google Scholar CC image from Pixabay Screenshot taken from EBSCO Education Research Complete database Source Subject headings Screenshot taken from EBSCO Education Research Complete database Starting journals Interdisciplinary SoTL journals - International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - The Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (JoSoTL) - The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CJSOTL) - Teaching and Learning Inquiry (ISSOTL) - New Directions for Teaching and Learning - Teaching in Higher Education Screenshots from ijSoTL search interface Screenshots from JoSoTL search interface Google Scholar and Scopus Screenshots from Google Scholar (left) and Scopus (right) Search the web for “SoTL library guides” Georgia Southern Mount Royal Screenshots from Georgia Southern University Library (left) and Mount Royal University Library (right) Look for as you read Recurring authors: Who are the “big names”? New terms: Assume there are technical, clinical, or disciplinary terms/keywords you aren’t already searching. Document these terms and authors as you go in a format that everyone has access to. CC image from Pixabay How many sources are enough? Image by Henryk Niestrój from Pixabay CC image from Pixabay You’re done when you hit saturation Image by Henryk Niestrój from Pixabay CC image from Pixabay Analyzing the literature Citation managers Zotero: Open source Mendeley: Elsevier product EndNote: Clarivate Browser plugin Screenshots taken from Zotero for macOS and FireFox browser Synthesis matrix Method Concept 1 Concept 2 Source 1 Citation: Source 2 Citation Source 3 Citation: Examples ● Concordia: https://www.concordia.ca/content/dam/library/docs/research-guides/gradproskills/Lit-revie w-synthesis-matrix-Word.docx ● Lumen Learning: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/olemiss-writ250/chapter/using-a-synthesis-matrix/ ● Johns Hopkins: https://guides.library.jhu.edu/lit-review/synthesize Concept 3 Gaps, problems, limitations, unresolved questions, other notes. Source: Florida International University Document THANK YOU! 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