Key Concepts in Research—Week 4
Literature Review Reading
The Writer’s Handbook
What is the purpose of a literature review?
A literature review gives the researcher the opportunity to analyze a specific published body of work on the topic of concern. The researcher can summarize, classify, an compare studies, reviews, and theory related to the topic.
What are the basic parts when writing a literature review?
A literature review begins with an introduction so that the reader understands the topic, issue, or concern and the context within which you will be reviewing the literature. The body of the review summarizes the information you have gathered. The review should end with a strong conclusion that summarizes the major reviews that you mentioned in the body, points out strong relationships or flaws in the research, and concludes with discernment of the connections between the topic, the literature, and other current studies.
The Literature Review: A few tips on conducting it
What skills can you showcase by writing a literature review?
By conducting a thorough review of the literature, you can demonstrate your skills of information seeking and critical appraisal.
What questions should I ask myself when writing a literature review?
What research question, problem, or thesis does my literature review seek to define? Is this type of literature review interested in theory, methodology, policy, quantitative research, or qualitative research? What is the scope of the review? What type of publications should I use? Have I done a thorough job in information seeking? Has my search been wide enough to find the relevant literature, yet narrow enough to include only relevant material? Do I have enough sources for the length of my paper? Did I critically analyze the literature? Did I cite and discuss studies conflicting with my opinion? Is the review pertinent, appropriate, and beneficial?
Write a Literature Review
What are the stages of developing literature review?
According this article, the four stages of developing the literature review include: problem formulation, literature search, data evaluation, and analysis and interpretation.
How should I assess the literature?
Provenance—what are the author’s credentials? Objectivity—is the article fair, objective, or prejudicial? Persuasiveness—is the author convincing in the thesis? Value—does the work contribute to an understanding of the subject and were the author’s arguments and inferences convincing?
References
The Writer’s Handbook. http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.html
The Literature Review: A few tips on conducting it. www.writing.utoronto.ca
Write a Literature Review. http://library.ucsc.edu/print/help/howto/write-a-literature-review
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