State of Art - HackMD

# State of Art **IBM Bachelor Thesis Propaedeutic Seminar** September 21, 2021 *Raphaël Grolimund*, Infothèque HEG ---- ### CONTACT **Infothèque HEG** Building F, 4th floor infotheque@hesge.ch +41 22 558 51 10 --- ## TOPIC ---- The starting point of your Bachelor Thesis ---- example :::info *Corporate social responsibility* ::: --- ## RESEARCH QUESTIONS ---- What questions do you want/need to answer in your Bachelor Thesis? ---- example :::info *What are the potential benefits of engaging in corporate social responsibility?* ::: --- ## RESOURCES ---- Define what resources are relevant to query (for each research question) ---- **RESOURCES BY FIELD** [https://cest.la/ibm-resources](https://cest.la/ibm-resources) examples :::info ABI/Inform Business Source Premier Web of Science ::: --- ## KEYWORDS ---- List all the keywords you can use (for each research question) *incl. synonyms, related terms, and so on* ---- :::info corporate social responsibility (CSR) corporate sustainability responisble business ::: ---- :::info deep corporate social responsibility deep CSR Truly Responsible Enterprise (TRE) ::: ---- :::info benefits opportunities return on investment (ROI) ::: --- ## RESEARCH EQUATIONS ---- Combine keywords with boolean operators. "Design" each equation for a specific resource. ---- Combine **synonyms** with `OR` :::info "corporate social responsibility" `OR` CSR ::: ---- Combine **concepts** with `AND` :::info "corporate social responsibility" `AND` "return on investment" ::: ---- Exclude **unwanted keywords** with `NOT` :::info "corporate social responsibility" `NOT` "truly responsible enterprise" ::: --- ## ANALYSE RESULTS ---- Check the results and look for relevant publications (for each research equation) --- ## IMPROVE ---- pay attention to authors, keywords, publication venues (for each relevant publication) --- ## ITERATE ---- When you are done loop over the same process again with new keywords and authors --- ## KEEP TRACK ---- While searching for information, keep track of what you read (or intend to read) ---- ## ZOTERO ---- Before getting started... 1. install Zotero on your computer 2. install Zotero's browser plugin [zotero.org](https://zotero.org) --- ## CLEAN REFERENCES ---- Everytime you add a document in your Zotero library, check if the document type is correct. ---- ## LET US GUIDE YOU ---- [Infothèque Guide](https://www.hesge.ch/heg/sites/default/files/infotheque/guide_ref_v4.6_eng.pdf) on writing a bibliography and citing sources --- ## GET HELP ---- Meet us at the library (Building F, 4th floor) ---- Book a Librarian (for 1 hour) https://cest.la/book-a-librarian ---- Email us infotheque@hesge.ch ---- Call us +41 22 558 51 10 (works with Teams) --- # SHARE THIS DOCUMENT slide view: [https://cest.la/prosem21](https://cest.la/prosem21) document view: [https://cest.la/ps21](https://cest.la/ps21) --- If we have time for a short exercise... --- ## SHORT EXERCISE ---- Solutions at the end of the slides ---- A. [what type of document is this?](https://hesso.swisscovery.slsp.ch/permalink/41SLSP_HES/15q12pm/alma991170716153305501) ---- B. [what type of document is this?](https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2019/06/14/why-corporate-social-responsibility-matters/) ---- C. [what type of document is this?](https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-40542-1_77) ---- D. [what type of document is this?](https://ecovadis.com/glossary/corporate-social-responsibility/) ---- E. [what type of document is this?](https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE4JaGo) ---- F. [what type of document is this?](https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/PR-08-2018-0288/full/html) ---- [Click to see how the bibliography looks like](https://zbib.org/4fe05929f20c4fa08333c1b8ca7f6018)... so far ---- Then, take a few seconds to make sure the reference is correct and complete. --- ## EXERCISE SOLUTIONS ---- A. book B. blogpost C. book chapter ---- D. webpage E. report F. scientific journal article