ScienceDirect and Springer Nature Link for Graduate Students

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Formerly known as the Literature Review in Physical Sciences, this updated session is designed for graduate students in Engineering and Physics programs.

Conducting a comprehensive literature review is essential for identifying research problems and questions that advance your thesis or dissertation. This session will cover strategies and best practices for searching scholarly resources, identifying relevant studies to support your research, and other helpful search tips and tricks.

The session will focus on effectively searching ScienceDirect and Springer Nature Link.

We’ll work through foundational strategies for searching scientific literature to develop strong research questions and move your work forward. Bring your research topics and questions!

Please contact this QEP's instructors, Kassidy Hof-Mahoney or Dr. Robert Markum, if you have questions about workshop content.

Please ensure that your Zoom app is up to date before the workshop. Check-in ends 10 minutes after the scheduled start time, and late arrivals will not be admitted.

Please note: The target audience for this workshop is graduate and doctoral students, but participants at all levels are welcome to join. To qualify for the Research and Creative Activity Travel Grant, only fully matriculated and admitted FSU students will be considered.

The Graduate Skills Workshop series is a collection of workshops developed in collaboration with the Graduate School and the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) to support graduate research and success. For questions regarding Research and Creative Activity Travel Grants, please contact the Graduate Student Resource Center.