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Information Literacy for Master’s and PhD students – Readings

Course subject(s) 1. Orientation 2. Exploration 3. Literature Search 4. Processing 5. Keeping up to date 6. Publish

Below you can find links to important resources mentioned in this course as well as other useful links and suggested literature from the TU Delft Library collection. Some sources have only access at TU Delft campus or through student log-on.

Suggested links

Online reference work of the TU Delft Library. Includes everything you have learned in this instruction and (much) more.

TUlib
Online reference work of the TU Delft Library.
Includes everything you have learned in this instruction and (much) more.

TU Delft Library website
Access to all library resources and services.

Virtual Knowledge Centres
Selected sources of scientific information for each Bachelor programme.

WorldCat Discovery
Used to search for books, journal articles and more…Can also be accessed from VKC or the TU Delft Library website.

Scopus (campus only)
Searchable database of journal articles.

Web of Science (campus only)
Searchable database of journal articles.

Web of Knowledge (campus only)
Click on tab ‘Select a Database to select Web of Science, Current Contents Connect, Derwent Innovation Index, or Journal Citation Reports.

CiteULike
Web-based tool for finding, saving and sharing scientific literature.

EndNote
Information and downloading instructions for the reference manager (for Windows or Macintosh).

Zotero
A reference management tool in the form of an open source plug-in for the Mozilla Firefox browser.

BibTeX
Software to produce literature lists which can be incorporated into LaTeX documents.

OU Studiecoach – Leren Studeren (Dutch Only)
Studiecoach is an online resource for study advice or digital coach, created by the Dutch Open University.

Suggested literature

A list of suggested literature from the TU Delft Library collection, if you want to learn even more! Click on the link to view more information about the book at the TU Delft Library website.

Badke, W. B. (2008). Research strategies: finding your way through the information fog. New York: iUniverse.

Brause, R. S. (2000). Writing your doctoral dissertation: invisible rules for success. London: Falmer.

Craswell, G. (2005). Writing for academic success: a postgraduate guide. London: Sage.

Dunleavy, P. (2003). Authoring a Ph.D: how to plan, draft, write and finish a doctoral thesis or dissertation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Glasman-Deal, H. (2009). Science research writing: for non-native speakers of English. London: Imperial College.

Hart, C. (1998). Doing a literature review: releasing the social science research imagination. London: Sage.

Mingers, J. & Lipitakis, E. A. E. C. G. (2010). Counting the citations: a comparison of Web of Science and Google Scholar in the field of business and management. Scientometrics, 85(2), 613-625.

Monippally, M. M. & Pawar, B. S. (2010). Academic writing: a guide for management students and researchers. New Delhi: SAGE.

Oosterbaan, W. (2004). Een leesbare scriptie: gids voor het schrijven van scripties, essays en papers. Amsterdam: Prometheus.

Porter, A. L. & Cunningham, S. W. (2005). Tech mining: exploiting new technologies for competitive advantage. New York: Wiley.

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