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DOCUMENTING THE RESEARCH PROCESS: YOUR RESEARCH LOG

1. FOCUS AND PLAN YOUR RESEARCH:

What is your research interest?

Briefly describe the main topic of your research.

What keywords may best describe your research interest?

[You may perform some preparatory searches to find appropriate keywords]

Overall, what types of information will you need to find? Where would you expect to find that information?
[Definitions, theories, trends, controversies, latest developments, etc.?] [Specific types of information sources and search/access tools]

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2. KEEP TRACK OF AND ASSESS YOUR SEARCHES (Include two/three examples)

Search Date Search Search tool used Search strategy applied # of # of relevant Will you need to improve the accuracy of
# intent / goal results sources captured this search in any way?
(Describe in a few in RMT (Zotero)
words what you are
trying to find)
01 [ ] Yes [ ] No
If so, what actions would it require?
[ ] Broaden search
[ ] Narrow search
[ ] Change search tool

Comment your results and the efficiency of

your search here:
_____

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3. KEEP TRACK OF YOUR SELECTED SOURCES (Give two/three examples)

Source # 01 [Give sources in this section a sequential number to identify them]

Search # ____ [Provenance: number given in section 2 to the search where this source was found]
Provide a screenshot of its complete Zotero metadata record here: Provide a screenshot of its title page /main page:

Bibliographic reference (APA style): What type of source is it?

[ ] Primary [ ] Reference work
[ ] Secondary [ ] Book
[ ] Book chapter in edited work
[ ] Formal
[ ] Journal article
[ ] Informal
[ ] Conference paper
[ ] Openly available online [ ] Other: ________________
[ ] Subscribed (digital full text)
[ ] Available through library lending
What criteria have you considered to select this source?
[ ] Relevancy
[ ] Currency
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[] Authorship
[] Publication influence (WoS/Scopus journal impact factor)
[] Citation count (WoS, Scopus, Google Scholar Citations)
[] Other:
Copy here the passages or pieces from this source that you will be using in your paper:
[Please remember to quote selected piece/s of information provided here so that they will not be identified as plagiarism by Turnitin]

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