Orientation to Master’s Studies
Session 1
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How to tune in to reading and writing scientific materials
Where can academic articles be found?
Where can academic articles be found?
ACADEMIC DATABASES - SEARCH ENGINES
Microsoft Academic
Microsoft Academic
ScienceOpen
ScienceOpen
Web of Science
Web of Science
WorldCat
WorldCat
Google Scholar
Google Scholar
LITERATURE REVIEW TOOLS
How should a scientific article look like?
How should a scientific article look like?
To introduce this part of the lesson, we discussed in small groups the following questions:
What makes a text ”scientific”?
What does ”scientific text” look like?
What is the difference with book chapters, journal articles, and a thesis?
The truth is that my classmates had a much better idea of how to answer these questions than myself. I found myself unaware, especially in the 3rd question. They mentioned definitions such as "literature review"
IMRaD Structure
IMRaD Structure
A brief analysis of the image presented on the left, is that the scientific articles usually follow a specific structure:
Title
Introduction
Keywords
Methodologies
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
USEFUL TECH TOOLS
Some Key Takeaways
Some Key Takeaways
Bookmark https://apastyle.apa.org/ (!!)
When reading academic articles, you need to have a purpose.
Some useful questions to ask before starting to read, might be: "Why am I reading this article?", "What am I looking for?"
Digitalizing your note-taking is essential and saves time and energy - Searching through hand-written notes is not efficient if you need to go back through your notes in the future
A reference manager like Zotero is essential for keeping up with research materials - papers and research articles that are saved in the 'Downloads' folder will be eventually lost (they multiply very quickly - its an epidemic)
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