essential library skills for sport & exercise 2016
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Essential Library SkillsSES1242 03/10/2016
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Welcome to Week 1!• How’s it going?
• Can you find the books on your reading lists?
• Have you found/downloaded your personal e-textbooks?
• Do you know who to contact for help?
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Reading lists
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Today we are going to cover...
• Different types of resources available for your studies
• Finding information for your assignments
• Using Cite Them Right, your online referencing guide
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Assignment 3 – Literature Review• This assignment requires you to
• use your research skills and • find several journal articles • on the topic of ‘Effective feedback methods in sport’• to produce a literature review.
• You need to select a maximum of 5 articles from academic journals that are • relevant to your degree programme and • on the same topic.
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So what is a journal anyway?
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Thinking about resources
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Types of information Task 1:
1. Each group will be given a pack of cards 2. The cards contain the names of 4 different
resources3. Match together the correct: Resource Type +
Definition + “Good for” + “Not so good for”
Time: 5 mins
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BooksWhat are they:
A written or printed work of fiction or fact. May be electronic.
Good for: Clear overview
Not so good for: Up to date information
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Web pagesWhat are they:
An information resource which can be easily created by anyone on any topic.Electronic.
Good for: Very up to date information
Not so good for: Accurate and reliable information
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NewspapersWhat are they:
A regular publication containing current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising.
May be electronic.Good for:
Daily informationNot so good for:
Balanced and well researched information
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JournalsWhat are they:
A regular publication containing articles on a particular academic subject.Presents new research.
Good for: Latest research, critically reviewed by experts
Not so good for: Broad overview of a subject
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Finding resourcesmyUniHub > My Study > My Library
Select Summon and search for articles for your Literature Review task
Login to MyUniHub
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Keywords - What are the main things we need to find information on?
• Feedback methods• Video feedback• Visual feedback• Verbal feedback• Performance feedback
• Effectiveness? Motivation, improved performance, skill acquisition…
• Sport• Specific sports?• Specific groups of athletes
e.g. elite, youth, adolescents, students, female athletes etc?
Broaden it out / narrow it down
Any synonyms or alternative words?
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Over to you
• Try the example on the handout
• Have a go with the assignment topic – try and focus it on something that interests you
• Save or print articles that look useful
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Refine your search
Full text online
Scholarly & peer review
Journal Articles only
Date range
Discipline,
e.g. recreation & sports
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If you have too many results...
• Add more keywords (narrow it down)
• Be more specific (sprinting vs. running)
• Use phrases (“penalty kicks”)
• Add limits, e.g. date
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If you do not have enough results...
• Use synonyms (football or soccer)
• Be less specific (team sports vs. basketball)
• Split the question into single concepts/words
• Try variations of the same word, e.g. swim, swimmers, swimming
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Referencing - easy marks!
Marking criteria
1-4 5-8 9-12 13-16 17-20
References: Reference to sources including directions for further study
Broad and relevant readings examined and used selectively in the work
Good range of appropriate references used during the review
Conventional references and readings used within the review
Adequate but limited use of references during review
Review relies on none or one reference. Evidence of unexamined personal opinion
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Referencing guide – Cite Them Right
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Task 3: Using Cite Them Right…Write a full reference for this article
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Referencing
• Irwin, C., Desbrow, B., Ellis, A., O’Keeffe, B., Grant, G., Leveritt, M. (2011) ‘Caffeine withdrawal and high-intensity endurance cycling performance’, Journal of Sports Sciences, 29(5), pp.509-515
• In text citation: (Irwin et al., 2011)
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Where can you find them?
Where are the Sports books?
1st floor wing (right)
3rd floor
1st floor
Online
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Library Subject Guides
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Need help?
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• UniHelp – in person, online, by phone
• Librarians in the Study Hub (1st floor of the library) Monday – Friday 9-5
• LET drop-in help 12-3 Monday-Friday, Study Hub
• SES ‘My Subject’ Guidehttp://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/sport
• Ask!