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Literature Search
Google Scholar is a tool researchers commonly use for conducting literature searches. This post shares eight great tips to help make your Google Scholar search more…
- Amanda Sparks
- April 18, 2018
- 221.9k views
Follow a structured search strategy to make sure you don’t overlook relevant and similar publications. Sign up for alerts to keep up with newly published papers.
- Marisha Fonseca
- November 4, 2013
- 185.2k views
Conducting a literature review is an essential part of getting a manuscript publication-ready. But you may sometimes find that there aren’t too many journal articles in…
- Andrea Hayward
- August 23, 2017
- 174.3k views
Many journals publish literature reviews as standalone articles. Literature reviews, along with systematic reviews and meta-analyses come under the broad category of…
- Kakoli Majumder
- April 2, 2015
- 164.4k views
When conducting literature search, do you feel uncertain about a source’s authenticity and credibility? In this article, we focus on identifying ‘scholarly’ sources for…
- Dr. Radhika N.S.
- July 31, 2018
- 102.3k views
Literature reading is critical to scientific research because this habit will generate a sense of appreciation and passion for science. Read this article for expert…
- Xuejun Sun
- August 21, 2014
- 58.2k views
Tired of all those irrelevant hits you get when you search for a term in an online search engine? In this post, I'll share three simple yet effective ways to ensure that…
- Yateendra Joshi
- January 31, 2014
- 58.1k views
Over the last few years, numerous digital tools have made their way into the scholarly world to help researchers juggle with the multiple roles they have to play. This…
- Kakoli Majumder
- October 20, 2017
- 51.8k views
Researchers use Google for a variety of purposes. This post presents some quick and effective tips that will help researchers to make their web searches more productive.
- Yateendra Joshi
- February 9, 2015
- 26.6k views
Every researcher conducts a literature search to ensure that the topic he or she has chosen to work on has not been published earlier. But what happens if, after…
- Kakoli Majumder
- April 17, 2015
- 26.2k views