Graduate School of Management
St. Petersburg State University
Efficient usage of library
resources
The process of writing the
Master’s dissertation
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Planning the project
Choosing a topic
Writing a critical literature review
Researching and analyzing
Interpreting the research material
Framing arguments and writing up
Choosing (formulating) a topic
Linguistic approach
Metacognitive approach
(concept maps)
Epistemological approach (Vee
diagrams)
Choosing a topic: Linguistic
approach
Main title
‘The news media is more concerned with sensationalism than balanced reporting”
Concept 1
Concept 2
Concept 3
News media
Sensationalism
Balanced reporting
Topic 1
Charact. of
publications
Topic 2
Types of
news
media
Topic 3
People
involved
Topic 1
Define
sensationali
sm
Topic 2
Attitudes
towards
sensation
Topic 3
The law
Topic 1
Define
balanced
reporting
Topic 2
Commercial
interest
Reporting
styles
Newspaper
s
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
Subject areas
covered
Readers
Topic 3
Impartiality
Choosing a topic: Metacognitive
approach
Choosing a topic:
Epistemological approach
Writing a critical literature
review: prerequisites
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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)
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)
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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
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not using downloading software
Writing a critical literature
review: sources
Monographs
Ebrary
Elsevier Books
Springer Books
Articles
ABI Inform (i)
EBSCO (i)
JSTOR (i)
InfoTrac (i)
Integrum (i)
Elsevier (p)
Emerald (p)
Oxford UP (p)
et al.
Dissertations
ProQuest
Dissertations
(internat.)
Digital
Dissertation
library (rus)
Reference
Databases
Scopus
Web of
Knowledge
Writing a critical literature
review: Articles & Journals
Aggregators
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ABI Inform Global
EBSCO
InfoTrac
JSTOR
Integrum (rus)
Publishers
Elsevier
Emerald
Wiley
Oxford Univ. Press
Camb. Univ. Press
Sage
Grebennikoff (rus)
Et al.
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
LexisNexis (int)
Company
Profiles
(EBSCO) (int)
SKRIN (rus)
SPARK(rus)
Country
Information &
Statistics
Market &
Research
reports
Industry
Information &
Statistics
Source OECD
GMID
GMID
Mintel Reports
Industry Profiles
(EBSCO)
World Bank
GMID
Country Profiles
(EBSCO)
ProQuest
Snapshot Series
?Questions?
Contact details:
Julia N. Lutsik
GSOM Library
E-mail: lutsik@gsom.pu.ru