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Professional Communications in PsychologySearching for and summarising literatureHomeworkHow did you find the homework?Were you all able to paraphrase some of the paragraphs from the article?So let’s see how you didFind a partnerShow them the original paragraphShow them your paraphrased paragraphDo both paragraphs express the same meaning?How many of the techniques have been used?What could your partner do to improve their paraphrasing?TodayYou should already be well accustomed to searching for Chinese literatureYou can apply most of these skills to searching for English language literatureHowever, there are some differences when it comes to searching for English language books/articlesI’d like to give you some tips on effective literature searchingThen we’ll have a think about how we can summarise information from articlesSo, the first part will be mostly me, then I’ll give you some things to do in the second partLiterature searchingA thorough scholarly article should include a detailed review of the relevant literatureThis review often starts at a general level and ends up being much more specificSo, you need to know which articles are relevant and where to find themYou need to be willing to scan a large number of resources, knowing that only a few will make it into your final piece of writingBefore you beginBefore you begin searching for specific literature, you should have a good understanding of your topic/areaAs well as journal articles, background reading can include the following ‘grey literature’:BooksNewspaper articlesMagazinesWebsitesConference proceedings, government sourcesReview papers may be particularly useful hereReference resourcesBefore you beginThis should give you a good overview of the area you want to write aboutYou should begin to developA clear understanding of the topicAn idea of the major areas of researchKnowledge of some key researchers and their contributionsFind the authoritative sourcesIf you have not yet designed your study, this bac