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Department of Zoology 2018/2019 Session MSc Seminar Orientation Programme Literature Reviews: Sourcing for Relevant Information Using Search Engines by Temitope O. Sogbanmu, PhD Date: June 25, 2019 Outline Definition of Literature Review

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Department of Zoology

Literature Reviews: Sourcing for Relevant Information Using Search Engines

Temitope O. Sogbanmu, PhD

Date: June 25, 2019

2018/2019 Session MSc Seminar Orientation Programme

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Outline

Definition of Literature Review What are Search Engines? Useful Search Engines Where to start from in sourcing information How to streamline information sourced

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Literature Review

A literature review is a scholarly paper, which includes the current knowledge including substantive findings, as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic (www.Wikipedia.org).

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Search Engines

❑A search engine is a web-based tool that enables users to locate information on the World Wide Web. ❑It is a service that allows users to search for content via the world wide web using keywords or key phrases (www.techopedia.com

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Useful Search Engines

❑Google ❑Google Scholar ❑ResearchGate ❑Science Direct ❑Scopus ❑Web of Science ❑PubMed - NCBI ❑University of Lagos Institutional Repository

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Where to start from?

❑Source information chronologically:

❑Local – research group, dept, faculty, university, state ❑National - Nigeria ❑Regional – West Africa ❑Continental - Africa ❑International - Worldwide

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How to streamline information

❑Set up Google Scholar Alerts

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How to streamline information, Cont’d

❑Use keywords, “, AND, OR, ()…

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How to streamline information, Cont’d

❑Use keywords, “, AND, OR, ()…

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How to streamline information, Cont’d

❑Use keywords, “, AND, OR, ()…

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How to streamline information, Cont’d

❑Use keywords, “, AND, OR, ()…

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How to streamline information, Cont’d

❑Use Google images…

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How to streamline information, Cont’d

❑Use Google images…

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How to streamline information, Cont’d

❑Use Google Advanced Search settings

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How to streamline information, Cont’d

❑Use Search tool on ResearchGate

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How to streamline information, Cont’d

❑Use PubMed settings

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How to streamline information, Cont’d

❑Use Science Direct

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