Planning & Beginning of your Research
Planning and beginning research are important phase of the research work. Identifying important keywords, subject headings, and topics that represent the specific area of research is crucial, using which the literature search & survey can be carried out. Once the literature survey is done using important bibliographic databases and scholarly search engines, writing a literature review and systematic review is the next step. While writing review chapters or articles, knowing, and using which specific citation style guide will help maintain consistency and presentability of work is equally important. We have put together here some important sources to guide you in this phase of your research.
- Resource Guides: Use these resource guides created by the library team in certain selected disciplines. This lists the resources available in the library and on the web. If you do not find one for your discipline, help create one.
- Sources for Literature search: Use the Bibliographic and Citations Databases subscribed by the library and web based Scholarly Search Engines.
- Literature Review Sources: Library has access to the Annual Reviews Collection. Please explore this collection.
- Systematic Reviews: A process wherein one focuses on identifying a solution (s) by going through previous studies conducted or published by others. To know more about the systematic reviews and process you may visit the following:
