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Citation Examples: Chicago
It is recommended to use Citation Management Software such as Zotero to store your sources and generate bibliographies. Chicago style refers to the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition (CMOS 17). Note: The 18th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS 18)...
How do I print in the library?
via USB drive Insert USB drive into copier/printer on the right side of the screen On the copier/printer, press Identifikationsnummer Enter your five-digit printer code Select the USB Drive function from the home screen Select the document you'd like to print ...
How do I type the @ symbol?
Alt Gr + L
How do I add money to my Print Account?
Please see the Front Desk.
What if I don't know my five-digit Printer Code?
Please see the Front Desk.
How to submit your thesis to the Whitecliffe Insitutional Repository
IMPORTANT: Submit Only After Successful Completion Submit your thesis to the institutional repository only after you have: Received official notification of a passing grade on your thesis defense/examination, OR Been formally notified by the Examinations Offic...
What is a Research Framework?
A research framework is a conceptual or methodological structure that guides the process of conducting research. It provides a systematic approach to defining research questions, gathering data, analyzing findings, and interpreting results. Research frameworks...
What is Research Methodology?
Research methodologies are systematic approaches to conducting research that encompass specific procedures, methods, and techniques for data collection and analysis. Understanding different methodologies is crucial for conducting effective research in both des...
Open Library Badge
Hans-Dieter Klingemann Library Awarded Open Library Badge The Hans-Dieter Klingemann Library at Whitecliffe University of Applied Sciences (Whitecliffe) has been awarded the Open Library Badge 2020, joining a select group of academic libraries in Germany recog...
How do I print from my personal computer?
Whitecliffe's IT department provides instructions for printing from either MacOS or Windows computers.
Open Access (OA) Journals & Articles
What is Open Access? Open Access (OA) refers to the free, immediate, online availability of research outputs such as journal articles or books, combined with the rights to use these outputs fully in the digital environment. Open access journals are scholarly p...
Open Educational Resources (OER)
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials that are free to access, adapt, and share thanks to open licenses that explicitly permit retention, reuse, revision, remixing, and redistribution —the “5 Rs”. Why Use OER? Cost sav...
Welcome to the Library
Overview
Systematic literature reviews (SLRs) are a structured, reproducible method for identifying and synthesizing existing research to answer a focused research question. This page will guide you through the concept and process step by step. What Is a Systematic Lit...
Writing a Protocol
Overview A protocol is a written plan that specifies, in advance, exactly how you intend to conduct your systematic literature review. It is not complete until all 11/12 sub-sections below have been worked through and recorded. Writing the protocol is not a bu...
Conducting Your Search
Overview This step translates the search strategy you documented in your protocol into actual database queries, records the results systematically, and prepares a clean, deduplicated set of references for screening. Precision and documentation at this stage ar...
Screening the Results
Overview Screening is the process of applying your pre-specified inclusion and exclusion criteria to the deduplicated set of references produced earlier, in order to identify the studies that will form the basis of your review. It proceeds in two sequential ph...
Appraise Study Quality
Overview Quality appraisal is the systematic assessment of the methodological rigor of each study included after screening. It answers the question: how much confidence can we place in the findings of this study? Appraisal does not judge whether a study is int...