Graduate School of Management

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• Graduate School of Management
• St. Petersburg State University
• Efficient usage of library resources

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The process of writing the Masters dissertation

• Planning the project
• Choosing a topic
• Writing a critical literature review
• Researching and analyzing
• Interpreting the research material
• Framing arguments and writing up

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Choosing (formulating) a topic

• Linguistic approach
• Metacognitive approach (concept maps)
• Epistemological approach (Vee diagrams)

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Choosing a topic Linguistic approach
Main title The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting Main title The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting Main title The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting Main title The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting Main title The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting Main title The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting Main title The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting Main title The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting Main title The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting
Concept 1 News media Concept 1 News media Concept 1 News media Concept 2 Sensationalism Concept 2 Sensationalism Concept 2 Sensationalism Concept 3 Balanced reporting Concept 3 Balanced reporting Concept 3 Balanced reporting
Topic 1 Charact. of publications Topic 2 Types of news media Topic 3 People involved Topic 1 Define sensationalism Topic 2 Attitudes towards sensation Topic 3 The law Topic 1 Define balanced reporting Topic 2 Commercial interest Topic 3 Impartiality
Reporting styles Newspapers Reporters Dictionary definition Attitudes of the populace Privacy laws, etc. Dictionary definition Vested interests
Use of language TV Editors Definition used in investigation Definition used in investigation Readership figures
Use of images Radio Newspaper owners
Readership profiles Readers
Subject areas covered
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Choosing a topic Metacognitive approach
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Choosing a topic Epistemological approach
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Writing a critical literature review
prerequisites

• Library holds more than 60.000 books and 20.000
  periodicals.
• GSOM Library OPAC
• Library e-subscription contains more than 40 full
  text and reference databases (29 international
  and 12 Russian)

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Writing a critical literature review
prerequisites

• Database licensing terms.
• the user is not able to use the database for any
  commercial use if the agreement is for
  educational use only (this can include students
  who go on industrial placements and still have
  access to their university/ college electronic
  resources)
• not allowing publication of passwords to a third
  party use by a set number of concurrent users.
  When this limit is exceeded, other users cannot
  access the resource
• not using downloading software

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Writing a critical literature review sources
Monographs
Articles
Dissertations
Reference Databases
Ebrary Elsevier Books Springer Books
ABI Inform (i) EBSCO (i) JSTOR (i) InfoTrac
(i) Integrum (i) Elsevier (p) Emerald (p) Oxford
UP (p) et al.
ProQuest Dissertations (internat.) Digital Disser
tation library (rus)
Scopus Web of Knowledge
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Writing a critical literature review Articles
Journals

• Aggregators
• ABI Inform Global
• EBSCO
• InfoTrac
• JSTOR
• Integrum (rus)

• Publishers
• Elsevier
• Emerald
• Wiley
• Oxford Univ. Press
• Camb. Univ. Press
• Sage
• Grebennikoff (rus)
• Et al.

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Writing a critical literature review Articles
searching engines

• A-Z Journal Finder Sample
• Reference databases
• SCOPUS Sample
• Web of Science

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Individual research basics sources
Company Information Financials
Country Information Statistics
Market Research reports
Industry Information Statistics
LexisNexis (int) Company Profiles (EBSCO)
(int) SKRIN (rus) SPARK(rus)
Source OECD World Bank GMID Country Profiles
(EBSCO)
GMID Mintel Reports ProQuest Snapshot Series
GMID Industry Profiles (EBSCO)
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?Questions?

• Contact details
• Julia N. Lutsik
• GSOM Library
• E-mail lutsik_at_gsom.pu.ru