Efficient literature search and management 2023

Abstract:

In the first part of the course, you will learn how to search the literature, that is relevant to you: systematically, automatically, and completely. 

In the second part, you will learn how to manage and curate the found literature.

Content:

Part 1: How to perform systematic literature searches?

• Identifying the most important publications on a topic
• Gaining orientation within a research field and discovering connections
• Formulating complex search queries for literature databases
• Staying up to date with current research and setting up literature alerts
• Literature search for specific scientific disciplines in HDS-LEE
• Find research data for your topic

Part 2: How to manage and curate the found literature?

Organizing literature and knowledge

• Advantages of reference management software
• Structure your personal literature collection
• Managing different types of information like papers, figures, data, code
• Create bibliographies

Science Reading and Documentation

• Learn a quick way to identify the papers for your thesis
• Keep easily track of what you do with templates for documenting

Trainers:        

Monica Gonzalez-Marquez (m.gonzalez-marquez@fz-juelich.de)

Monika Hotze (m.hotze@fz-juelich.de)

Ines Schmahl (i.schmahl@fz-juelich.de)