Introduction to Literature Searching for Biological Sciences (online)

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This course is based on a typical literature review lifecycle. You start by planning your search. You then carry out your search. Once you've found some results, you evaluate what you have found to see if it is relevant to your needs. You manage your results by saving them to a suitable place so you can come back to them. If you are interested in tracking changes in your field, you enact approaches to keep up to date with new research. And as your research evolves, you refine your search to reflect new concepts and new terms. And so the cycle continues.

While you may not be as focused on the longer term tracking of new research in your field, being able to plan, search, evaluate and manage effectively are additional skills which we will cover in this course. The course will be structured around the first four stages described above, with optional additional information about the last two stages for those who are interested.

This course is supplemented by live workshop opportunities throughout the academic year.

Undergraduate students in their final year taking a biological sciences route (NST & PBST) but will be relevant to postgraduates and researchers untaking a literature review.

Videos, interactive content, and handouts

https://www.vle.cam.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=204731

• Biological Sciences: Introduction to Literature Searching for your dissertation or project (Part II)
• Biological Sciences: Going further with your literature searching for your dissertation or project (Part II)
• Biological Sciences: Developing your literature review - finding the literature
• Biological Sciences: Developing your literature review - engaging critically and writing productively

• Biological Sciences Research Skills
• Biological Sciences Study Skills