{"id":47,"date":"2014-01-14T15:12:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/?p=47"},"modified":"2014-01-14T15:12:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:12:26","slug":"starting-to-think-about-your-summer-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2014\/01\/14\/starting-to-think-about-your-summer-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting to think about your Summer Project?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re a London based MSc student, you\u2019ve hopefully already got some ideas about possible Summer Project topics. Whether you\u2019re in the initial planning stages or starting to develop your project proposal and completing your <a title=\"CARE form\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lshtm.ac.uk\/edu\/taughtcourses\/studentforms\/careforms.html\">CARE form<\/a> you will probably find that you need to do a bit of literature searching.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2014\/01\/LAS-2013-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48\" alt=\"A student searching PubMed\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2014\/01\/LAS-2013-008-300x199.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2014\/01\/LAS-2013-008-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2014\/01\/LAS-2013-008-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Running some initial literature searches at this stage is crucial \u2013 searching will help you to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>understand the volume and type of the existing literature in your research area<\/li>\n<li>help you to decide if you need to broaden or narrow your research focus<\/li>\n<li>identify gaps in the existing literature and research<\/li>\n<li>identify controversies in the literature<\/li>\n<li>identify seminal papers and important authors in your research area(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You\u2019ll need to include some key references in your <a title=\"CARE form\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lshtm.ac.uk\/edu\/taughtcourses\/studentforms\/careforms.html\">CARE form<\/a>. In\u00a0addition, if you\u2019re planning to conduct a systematic review project, you will need to outline your proposed search methodology in your CARE form \u00a0\u2013 it\u2019s likely that it will take you a few attempts to develop a search strategy that you are happy with, so the sooner you begin to do this, the better!<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"generic template for the MSc Project Handbook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lshtm.ac.uk\/edu\/taughtcourses\/handbooks_regs_pols\/mscprojecthandbook_template.pdf\">generic template for the MSc Project Handbook<\/a>\u00a0is also available \u2013 it provides detailed guidance to help you through every step of your project, from initial planning right through to writing up. You should also check the Moodle pages for your course to access the specific handbook for your MSc!<\/p>\n<p>We can provide support for your literature searching. Our website <a title=\"guidance pages\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/guidance\/index.html\">guidance pages<\/a>\u00a0contain a lot of useful text and video guides that demonstrate how to follow our \u2018<a title=\"six steps to an effective literature search\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/guidance\/lit_search\/index.html\">six steps to an effective literature search<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2014\/01\/Picture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49\" alt=\"Picture1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2014\/01\/Picture1-300x191.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2014\/01\/Picture1-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2014\/01\/Picture1-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2014\/01\/Picture1.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can access the databases that you\u2019ll need to use on the <a title=\"library database pages\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/resources\/databases\/index.html\">library database pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you need more help and advice, you can email us at <a href=\"mailto:infoskills@lshtm.ac.uk\">infoskills@lshtm.ac.uk<\/a>. Feel free also to post comments and replies to this blog post!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re happy to answer questions and provide feedback via email, and one to one appointments with expert library staff are also available. If you\u2019re stuck, let us know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re a London based MSc student, you\u2019ve hopefully already got some ideas about possible&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27657,27658,27656,27655],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-guidance","tag-help","tag-literature-searching","tag-summer-projects","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Starting to think about your Summer Project? - Library, Archive &amp; Open Research Services blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lshtm.ac.uk\/library\/2014\/01\/14\/starting-to-think-about-your-summer-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Starting to think about your Summer Project? 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