Wiswell, library webpage
What do graduate students need/want to know?
Nutrition journals, looking for influential papers (resveratrol), AppState theses
system of scholarly communication, uneasy relationship to professional practice, effects on what public thinks it knows (SIFT--Caulfield)
Look at this, results on the topic Nutrition in Web of Science for 2019-2024.
Getting full text -- barriers, often a multi-step process (due to $$$ ownership barriers)
If initial button click does not work, try Libkey.io and Google Scholar. Use ILLiad "interlibrary." Ask me, wiswellj@
Try this one: Jakeman, J. R., Lambrick, D. M., Wooley, B., Babraj, J. A., & Faulkner, J. A. (2017). Effect of an acute dose of omega-3 fish oil following exercise-induced muscle damage. European journal of applied physiology, 117(3), 575-582.
Systematic review search methods -- 3 "variables" you can manage Look at 2 SRs: first second
To find original studies -- look for Methods section.
Study reporting on an experiment is likely to have: random*, control, [specific outcome]
But I really like review articles to start.
1. words and "phrases" -- PICO
2. Which databases? (today PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, maybe CINAHL/APPsearch)
3. everything else, including citing ("cited by"), authors
Then of course, you still have to screen for most relevant and most credible, and make sense of it all.
Managing citations -- Ask me if you need help with Zotero, EndNote, other. Also consider using a log like this.
Examples: carbohydrate intake effects on exercise metabolism, omega-3 effects on recovery from injury
Look at a few databases: PubMed, APPsearch and EBSCOs, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar
Some databases include a "Cited by" function. These 2 are the best.
This 10 minute video from NC State Libraries is good.
Be skeptical of rankings!
Are you going to read and cite lots of articles? You're a grad student, so the answer is YES. Think about using either EndNote or Zotero.
EndNote 21 is now available. Download here. And Zotero is here.
1. Search terms and phrases. Are there new terms that researchers are using?
2. Which databases? (Why use a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, nth database? Because you find more good results you had not already found.)
3. Other: When you get one source on your topic, who has it cited? Who has cited it? Also, do you see any journals, researchers, methods, datasets, or programs that would be relevant? Consider doing a "hand search" in a journal that seems likely to cover your topic.
Other nuances: subject headings (MeSH) and relevance ranking, Boolean operations, narrower and broader concepts. What about unpublished?
