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This document provides guidance for students on conducting a literature review. It discusses the purpose of a literature review, which is to demonstrate knowledge of a topic and develop analytical skills. It also covers finding and managing sources, including using databases and reference management software. The document advises on reading critically and taking notes to digest the literature. Students are encouraged to discuss their progress with supervisors and complete a project diary. The overall goal is to help students understand the literature review process and make progress on collecting and summarizing sources for their own projects.
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302 week4
- 1. PMO 302 Week 4: beginning your literature review
- 2. Today… • about literature reviews • process – appropriate sources – referencing • project diaries • meet with supervisors
- 3. FINDING & MANAGING SOURCES: WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
- 4. Where are you up to? Individually note…. -take away messages from last week? -tasks to do? -practices to try? -progress to date? -Endnote workshop?
- 5. Share ideas
- 7. what is a lit review…. • write down what you think it is • how will it help you do your project? • what are the topics that you will need to include for your lit review? Use a sheet of A3 paper Use a sheet of A3 paper
- 8. definitions…. A literature review is a discussion of scholarly articles relevant to a particular topic or issue http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/studyskills/studyskills/litreview.html
- 9. definitions…. A literature review is a ‘systematic method for identifying, evaluating & interpreting ……work produced by researchers, scholars & practitioners’ Fink, A 1998 Conducting Literature Reviews: from paper to internet
- 10. purpose….. The purpose of literature review is…. to let the readers know that you have sufficient knowledge of a topic http://www.writeawriting.com/how-to-write/research-proposal
- 11. purpose….. a lit review ...... • improves your understanding of a topic • demonstrates your depth of knowledge of a topic or issue. • develops your analysis skills:comparing, analysing and evaluating scholarly writing • builds an awareness of different research methodologies . • updates your reader
- 13. types….. long shots… to provide background Provide your audience with… mid shots… clearly focus on key figures & elements close ups… where your work is….
- 14. types…..
- 15. what counts as literature?
- 16. what counts as literature? It depends…. •everything relevant that is written on a topic: books, journal articles, newspaper articles, historical records, government reports, theses and dissertations,
- 17. how much? • undergraduate review: 5-20 titles depending on level. • Honours dissertation: 20+ titles. • Masters thesis: 40+ titles • Doctoral thesis: 50+ titles.
- 18. Summary: what is….. Image courtesy: ingimage.com
- 19. what is a lit review…. • write down what you think it is • how will it help you do your project? • what are the topics that you will need to include for your lit review? Add to your ideas Add to your ideas
- 20. HOW TO…?
- 21. process....
- 22. find it /manage it 1. Databases 2. Google searches 3. EndNote 4. Storage & back up
- 23. find it…
- 24. manage it… • Organise the information (categories) • Summarise & tabulate
- 25. manage it… • Organisational patterns – chronological – advancements – geographical – questions major qns addressed by researchers
- 26. use it 1. Note taking 2. Summarise key ideas/findings 3. Extract critical arguments/facts 4. Examine evidence 5. Understand interpretation
- 30. Critical analysis checklist • Main idea? • How is the idea developed? • What evidence is provided? • Underlying theory/assumptions? • Strengths, weaknesses limitations
- 31. How did you go?…. • Turn the paper over • Jot down all the topics/content/sources you need for you project • Jot down how you plan to get started • Check with your supervisor What else? What else?
- 32. Next Week • More on lit reviews • Structure & writing • Aim to read and summarise at least 5 - 7 appropriate sources for your project
- 34. Do your diary 1. Work completed– progress since last meeting 2. What’s going well and why? 3. What’s not going well and why? 4. Meeting/ discussion points 5. Plan for next week
- 35. Supervisors Rebecca Charles Krishnan Sami Peter Barbara By appt (thurs) 10- 11 10- 11 10- 11 By appt 10- 11 Edmar Hussein Maamoun Hasan B Hassan D Steven Troy Sachin Rajib Santosh Ahmad Noppol Cary George Reymond Prashant Mariene Kozo Kai Swee Pea Kozo James ext) Craig (ext) Nick Matthew (ext) Amy(ext)
Editor's Notes
- The main focus for this week is: Beginning your literature review
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- Literature review is about telling a story – a sort of chain story where each writer starts with a partial story – created previously by others and then expand on it…… This is what we know so far……..
- Your literature review should demonstrate your knowledge in the area you have chosen. The review should also assist you in in developing your own ideas on the area and show where your research fits into the material already produced.
- Think of the review as a funnel -start wide with the overview and then quickly narrow into discussing the research that relates to your specific topic. Monash University<http://www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/writing/general/lit-reviews/index.xml>
- OR think of yourself as a film director (Rudestam and Newton, 1992). You can think of providing your audience with: long shots to provide a solid sense of the background; middle distance shots where the key figures and elements to be examined are brought clearly into view; close-up shots where the precise focus of your work is pinpointed.
- Lit reviews can be used in many ways For your project – it will form part of your final report Souce: http://www.slideshare.net/akarim717/doing-a-literature-review-6432447
- http://www.lib.wayne.edu/services/instruction/research/mod2/#6
- The key aspect is relevance – you need to ensure that you check with your supervisor on this.
- University of Canberra provides the above recommendations
- When reading the work – its not simply a matter of reporting what is said in the readings – you need to use the information wisely Explain the significance of the work or intrepret the evidence from the work
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- As an example – one student reads the articles with some pens, an outliner and Post-it notes. Everytime they spot something of interest, they outline it and write it down on a Post-it note. They group the notes together somehow as they go. At this point, all they have is a mess of ideas organized by a theme of some sort. The entire time they’re crafting this plan, They’re standing up and moving around, and working only with their hands. No sitting down, no computer http://buckmantiia.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/how-to-survive-a-lit-review/
- After that they a look at the mess they’ve made and rearrange the notes to form a logical path. This is the visual sketch of their writing, the plan they are going to follow as they write. Kinda resembles a concept map a bit. And oh, here they’ve crafted actually just a part of the lit review but you can craft the entire thing at once if you feel like it. Whatever rocks your boat. http://buckmantiia.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/how-to-survive-a-lit-review/