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The Literature Review Process

Library Databases

Depending on your topic, different library resources will be useful. A list of several library databases related to previous GLI capstone projects is below; email Megan Stark for subject-specific recommendations or consult the Research Guides for guidance.

Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
Full-text access to a wide range of global publications in environmental science, agriculture, pollution management, and related disciplines from 1960-present. It includes editorially-curated abstracting and indexing resources and incorporates content from: AGRICOLA (agriculture and life science), TOXLINE (toxicology and environmental health), Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), and Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (ESPM).
Diversity Collection
Contains full text databases Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch and Alt-PressWatch in one platform.
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
Index to education-related scholarly and professional journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, books, and government publications from 1966-present. Project of the U.S. Department of Education. See also the Education Research Index which includes ERIC, as well as supplementary coverage of journals that ERIC will no longer index.
Global Health
Index to publications from over 100 countries in 52 languages in public health and biomedical research from 1973-present. Produced by The Centre for Biosciences and Agriculture International (CABI). Access limited to 4 users.
JSTOR
Explore over 2,800 academic journals across more than 60 disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Access millions of primary sources from four unique collections: Global Plants, 19th Century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, and World Heritage Sites: Africa. Discover over 3 million high-quality images from ARTstor, along with a growing library of 10,000+ open access books. Click more… for links to specific collections.

ARTstor on JSTOR
Existing ARTstor logins automatically work on JSTOR. The separate artstor.org platform will be available until Aug 1, 2024, when it is scheduled to be retired.

Open Access books on JSTOR
More than 10,000 open access (OA) books from 125+ publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, University College of London, and University of California Press.

19th Century British Pamphlets
Nearly 26,000 pamphlets from collections in seven universities spanning more than one million pages. Brings together a corpus of primary sources for the study of sociopolitical and economic factors impacting 19th-century Britain.

New Collections Added Aug 2023
Thematic Collections
Three collections focusing on emerging areas of research and containing multiple types of content, including journals and open research reports. Collections include:
•Lives of Literature - Academic journals devoted to the deep study of writers and texts associated with core literary movements.
•Security Studies - Academic and open policy research on international and national security problems and foreign policy issues.
•Sustainability - Academic and open policy research on environmental stresses and their impact on society. Looks at sustainability and resilience through a broad lens spanning more than 30 disciplines.

Primary Sources
Global Plants
A growing collection of nearly three million high-resolution type plant specimens and related materials from over 300 community contributors around the world.

Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa
27,000 objects and 190,000 pages of documents and images related to the liberation struggles and end of Apartheid in Southern Africa during the 20th Century, with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

World Heritage Sites: Africa
More than 86,000 objects of visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage and rock art sites.
PsycINFO
Comprehensive index of international publications in psychology and related fields—including psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work—covering journal articles, book chapters, books, reports, theses, and dissertations from 1967 to the present. Compiled by the American Psychological Association.
PubMed
Indexes MEDLINE, a database of scholarly journal articles in the life sciences with a focus on biomedicine, and additional life science journals and online books. Fields include behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. Produced by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Social Services Abstracts
Index covering over 1,300 serial publications, including abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, and citations to book reviews. Focus areas include social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, and community development. Coverage spans from 1979 to the present.
Web of Science
Comprehensive research platform that indexes high-quality, peer-reviewed journals across disciplines including science, social science, arts, and humanities. It offers powerful tools for citation analysis and enables users to track scholarly references from 1900 to the present.

Annotated Bibliography

How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
This thorough guide, used with permission from Cornell University, discusses how to create an annotated bibliography.
Annotated Bibliography Samples
This guide, from the OWL at Purdue, contains helpful annotation examples.
Resources for Writers and Presenters
Many writing resources, from the UM Writing and Public Speaking Center, including guidance on literature reviews and writing research abstracts.

Important Campus Resources

Research

Human Subjects Review
The UM Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research reviews projects in accordance with the federal definitions of research and human subjects. For detailed clarification and examples, please refer to the downloadable Guide posted below. Investigators should err on the side of caution and consult with the IRB to establish the status of their projects.
Office of Research and Creative Scholarship
Campus office that can help answer questions about intellectual property, copyright and making sure that your GLI group members are all aware of important real-world implications of your projects.

Is Your Project Human Subjects Research? A Guide for Investigators

Qualtrics Survey Tool
IT supports Qualtrics for use by campus departments and organizations. Qualtrics is an easy-to-use web service for developing, administering and analyzing web-based surveys.

Entrepreneurship and Innovative Technology

Blackstone LaunchPad
The Blackstone LaunchPad at the University of Montana helps students, alumni, faculty, and staff turn their ideas, skill and passions into real world businesses and non-profit organizations.
Mansfield Library Equipment and Software
The library provides a wide variety of equipment, hardware, and software for check out and in-library use. You can find checkout items at either Tech Support or the Checkout Desk.
Mansfield Library Production Studios
Located on the first floor of the library, audio and video production studios for patrons to record podcasts, lectures, livestreams, speeches, auditions, and more.
Paw Print
Located in the library on the main floor, provides printing, scanning, laser cutting and etching, 3D printing, binding, laminating and poster mounting.
StoryMaps/ArcGIS
Part of the Esri Geospatial Cloud, ArcGIS Online enables you to connect people, locations, and data by using interactive maps. Work with smart, data-driven styles and intuitive analysis tools that deliver location intelligence. Share your insights with the world or specific groups.

Tools for Effective Collaboration

Managing Your Research

RefWorks
Web-based bibliographic research management, writing, and collaboration tool. Designed for researchers to gather, organize, store and share all types of information and to generate formatted citations and bibliographies.

CRediT Taxonomy
CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) is a high-level taxonomy, including 14 roles, that can be used to represent the roles typically played by contributors to research outputs. The roles describe each contributor’s specific contribution to the scholarly output.

Writing and Sharing Documents

Google Docs
Word-like program that allows multiple and simultaneous editing. Supports Refworks!
Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus
UM students have free access to the full Microsoft Office 365 suite, which includes Access, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. PC and Mac versions are available.
UM Box
Secure storage space that allows group users to store, edit and save drafts. Supports many different file types.

Project Management

Slack
A messaging app for teams. Organize team conversations in open channels. Make a channel for a project, a topic, a team, or anything—everyone has a transparent view of all that’s going on.
Trello
Project management tool that assists with planning, organizing and managing group work.

Scheduling

Doodle
Scheduling tool that allows multiple users to indicate availability.
When2Meet
Group scheduling tool--online and free!

Team Contracts

Team contracts can help your capstone group set common expectations and ground rules for your project work. Some examples are included below.

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