Identifying Literature Efficiently: Literature Reviews, Citation Tracing, & Search Alerts

Authors

Stephanie WiegandFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

10-13-2022

Abstract

The growth of scientific knowledge shared through scholarly venues (journals, books, conference proceedings, etc.) is exponential, with an estimated rate of over 4% per year that indicates a doubling of scientific outputs approximately every 17 years (Bornmann et al., 2021). Each year, doctoral students face the overwhelming task of reviewing the ever-increasing literature in their field that is relevant to their topic. There are, however, efficient methods identifying the most important literature on a given subject. Join UNC librarians to learn how to take advantage of previously conducted literature reviews, tracing scientific knowledge backwards and forwards from a specific point in time and setting up databases and search engines to keep you on top of any new literature published on your topic.

Recommended Citation

Wiegand, Stephanie, "Identifying Literature Efficiently: Literature Reviews, Citation Tracing, & Search Alerts" (2022). Dissertation Prep Workshop. 15.
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/diss_prep/15