Literature management - module 2 - Literature reviews: planning and searching for evidence (SPRING)

April 5

Literature reviews: planning and searching for evidence

A modular course for PhD students enrolled at ITU.

In-class PhD course offered to ITU by The Royal Danish Library

Organizers: 

• Sisse Finken, Associate professor, Head of PhD School, ITU
• Michael Svendsen, Head of Research Support, Copenhagen University Library/The Royal Danish Library
• Lorna Wildgaard, PhD, Research Support, Copenhagen University Library/The Royal Danish Library

• Julie Kiersgaard Lyngfeldt, Library for Natural and Health Sciences

Lecturer:

• Lorna Wildgaard, PhD. Research Support, Copenhagen University Library

Date of the second module:

Module 2: April 5, 2022 at 10 AM to 3 PM including breaks

How to sign up and deadlines for registration:

Deadline for registration Module 2: March 21st. If you wish to register after the deadline, please contact the PhD Support at phdsupport@itu.dk.

Room:

Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen – 4A.1.60

Course description (see below for a description of module 2):

This generic hands-on course is about transferable skills and is divided into three modules. The first two modules concern literature reviews, search methods and responsible documentation. The third plagiarism screening and rights to scientific works.  The aim of the course is to give a general understanding of the principles underlying literature-based studies and give hands-on experience in tools designed to support the responsible production of literature-based research.

The programme of the course is designed to train PhD students to think critically about how they handle the literature they use in their research, as well as the practical and methodological considerations literature-based research encompasses.

The course modules can be taken individually or as a complete package. We recommend the student takes the modules in chronological order to get the best learning outcome. Taken individually, we recommend module 1 and 2 for new and mid-term PhD students and module 3 for students in their final year.

Learning outcome:

After completing all modules, the PhD student will be able to:

• Plan a literature search and select appropriate methodologies (module 1)
• Handle bibliographic references in software for reference management and review management (module 1 and module 2)
• Choose and develop protocols for review work (module 2)
• Navigate within the concepts of copyright and identify copyright transfer requirements from publishers and find open publishing routes (module 3)
• Understand sound research practices and how to stay clear of plagiarism and self-plagiarism in your thesis or manuscript based on the results of a pre-screening report. (module 3)

Module 2 – course description:

In relation to your PhD projects, Lorna Wildgaard, a special advisor from Research Support at Copenhagen University Library, invites to a workshop on systematic approaches to literature reviews. Being systematic bolsters the quality of your literature review. A systematic literature review is a type of review that uses repeatable analytic methods to collect (and analyze) research made by others. As such, the aim of systematic reviews is to provide an exhaustive summary of the current evidence relevant to a research question. In the workshop modules, you will be introduced to methods, tools and workflows you can apply to your literature review work.

Evaluation:

Upon completion of each module, participants are invited to evaluate the course for future improvements.

Prerequisites:

To attend, you must be a PhD student enrolled at the IT University 

Exam:

Prior to each module, the PhD students are required to complete a set of preparatory questions and complete small assignments. On completion to each module, the participants are required to complete a reflection assignment on the topic of the module (deadline for Module 2: 21 April 2022 to be submitted in Teams). Both pre- and post-module assignments must be completed in order to receive the ECTS credit.

Credits:

1½ ECTS for full attendance of the three modules, or 0,5 ECTS for each completed module.

Amount of hours the student is expected to use on each module:

• Participation: 6 hours (4 hour module + reflection assignment)
• Preparation: 8 hours (readings + preparatory questions + small assignments)

Participants:

Minimum 8 and maximum 30 persons.

Reading list:

You will receive a link to material (syllabus, preparatory assignments, etc.) for the modules you sign up for 14 days prior to the start date.