Postgraduate Dissertation Bootcamp: Finding sources for your lit review
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Venue:
Online
This workshop will focus on finding relevant sources, especially academic journal articles, for your literature review. We will guide you through the process of developing and implementing a search strategy, including:
- Identifying relevant databases and other places to search
- Finding and combining keywords to “unlock” the databases
- Focusing your search to exclude less relevant results
- Evaluating the quality and relevance of your sources
- Keeping track of the resources you intend to use
- Locating sources beyond Birkbeck Library’s collections
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This workshop is part of the Postgraduate Dissertation Bootcamp 2026 series of Study Skills workshops, the full listing of which may be viewed at this link. These workshops are aimed at those who will be addressing a dissertation at postgraduate level, but undergraduate researchers might also find it helpful. The resources and a recording of this workshop are available from the Birkbeck Study Skills Moodle module, in the Writing Skills Resources/Dissertations section at this link (student login required).
This online workshop is delivered via Microsoft Teams. You will receive a confirmation in your email inbox after you register for the workshop, and the Teams link will be available about an hour before the start of the workshop. It's intended for enrolled Birkbeck students only.
The full listing of Study Skills workshops for this term can be viewed here. For 1-to-1 study support, find out more about the helpdesk via this link, or about school-specific tutors and resources via this link. For support finding resources (books, eBooks, articles, etc.) you may find out more about the Academic Services Librarians at this link.
Contact name: Ray Rose Raymond
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