Module 3: Organizing, Managing and Screening Sources

Introduction to Module 3

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After you have conducted your search, you will be confronted with the dilemma of what to do with your results. It is not unheard of for searches to produce hundreds if not thousands of results to shift through. Your next steps will be to download your results, save them somewhere you can manage them and finally them to pick the ones you will be keeping in your review.

At this point you should work out a plan for how you will organize your results. Staying organized and managing your results will require a new set of organizational skills, plus these skills will help protect you from accidental or .

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

  1. Export your search results.
  2. Develop a plan to pick a citation management or systematic review tool.
  3. Screen your search results and pick relevant sources for your review.
  4. Recognize how to avoid plagiarism and demonstrate the rules of your chosen citation style.
  5. Consider the use of emerging technologies in the review process.

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Advanced Research Skills: Conducting Literature and Systematic Reviews (3rd Edition) Copyright © 2024 by Kelly Dermody; Cecile Farnum; Daniel Jakubek; Fiona Kovacaj; Jo-Anne Petropoulos; Jane Schmidt and Reece Steinberg is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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