This document provides guidance on conducting a literature review for a dissertation introduction or research proposal. It discusses searching the literature, organizing relevant sources, and writing the literature review section. The key steps covered include developing search terms, searching appropriate databases, expanding and narrowing searches, citation chaining, reading strategically, organizing sources, and writing the literature review to build an argument and identify gaps for the proposed study.
This must see webinar provides tips on writing the introduction and literature review sections of your dissertation. Dr. Lani provides tips on searching, reading, organizing, and writing your literature review.
This must see webinar provides tips on writing the introduction and literature review sections of your dissertation. Dr. Lani provides tips on searching, reading, organizing, and writing your literature review.
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Using a Scientific Journal Article to Write a Critical Review
Writing a critical review of a journal article can help to improve your research skills. By assessing the work of others, you develop skills as a critical reader and become familiar with the types of evaluation criteria that will be applied to research in your field and thus your own research.
You are expected to read the article carefully, analyse it, and evaluate the quality and originality of the research, as well as its relevance and presentation. Its strengths and weaknesses are assessed, followed by its overall value. Do not be confused by the term critique: it does not mean that you only look at the negative aspects of what the researcher has done. You should address both the positive and negative aspects.
If your lecturer has given you specific advice on how to write a critical review, follow that advice. If not, the following steps may help you. These steps are based on a detailed description of how to analyse and evaluate a research article provided by Wood (2003) in her lab guide.
This guide is divided into two parts. The first part, "Researching the Critique," outlines the steps involved in selecting and evaluating a research article. The second part, "Writing your Critique," discusses two possible ways to structure your critique paper.
A. Researching the Critique
The questions listed under many of the subheadings in this section may provide you with a good place to begin understanding what you are looking for and what form your critique might take.
1. Select a Topic
If your lecturer does not assign a topic or a particular article for you to review, and you must choose a topic yourself, try using a review article from your field. Review articles summarize and evaluate current studies (research articles) on a particular topic. Select a review article on a topic that interests you and that is written clearly so you can understand it.
2. Select a Research Article
Use the review article to select a research article. This can be very useful in writing your critique. The review article will provide background information for your analysis, as well as establishing that the research paper you are critiquing is significant: if the paper was not so highly regarded, it would not have been selected to be reviewed.
When choosing a research article, examine the Materials & Methods section closely and make sure you have a good grasp of the techniques and methods used. If you don't, you may have difficulty evaluating them.
3. Analyse the Text
Read the article(s) carefully. As you read the article(s) use the following questions to help you understand how and why the research was carried out.
· What is the author's central purpose? Look at INTRODUCTION.
· What methods were used to accomplish this purpose (systematic recor ...
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University of Guelph, Learning Commons Library (http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/get-assistance/writing/specific-types-papers/using-scientific-journal-article-write-critical-review)
Using a Scientific Journal Article to Write a Critical Review
Writing a critical review of a journal article can help to improve your research skills. By assessing the work of others, you develop skills as a critical reader and become familiar with the types of evaluation criteria that will be applied to research in your field and thus your own research.
You are expected to read the article carefully, analyse it, and evaluate the quality and originality of the research, as well as its relevance and presentation. Its strengths and weaknesses are assessed, followed by its overall value. Do not be confused by the term critique: it does not mean that you only look at the negative aspects of what the researcher has done. You should address both the positive and negative aspects.
If your lecturer has given you specific advice on how to write a critical review, follow that advice. If not, the following steps may help you. These steps are based on a detailed description of how to analyse and evaluate a research article provided by Wood (2003) in her lab guide.
This guide is divided into two parts. The first part, "Researching the Critique," outlines the steps involved in selecting and evaluating a research article. The second part, "Writing your Critique," discusses two possible ways to structure your critique paper.
A. Researching the Critique
The questions listed under many of the subheadings in this section may provide you with a good place to begin understanding what you are looking for and what form your critique might take.
1. Select a Topic
If your lecturer does not assign a topic or a particular article for you to review, and you must choose a topic yourself, try using a review article from your field. Review articles summarize and evaluate current studies (research articles) on a particular topic. Select a review article on a topic that interests you and that is written clearly so you can understand it.
2. Select a Research Article
Use the review article to select a research article. This can be very useful in writing your critique. The review article will provide background information for your analysis, as well as establishing that the research paper you are critiquing is significant: if the paper was not so highly regarded, it would not have been selected to be reviewed.
When choosing a research article, examine the Materials & Methods section closely and make sure you have a good grasp of the techniques and methods used. If you don't, you may have difficulty evaluating them.
3. Analyse the Text
Read the article(s) carefully. As you read the article(s) use the following questions to help you understand how and why the research was carried out.
· What is the author's central purpose? Look at INTRODUCTION.
· What methods were used to accomplish this purpose (systematic recor ...
Research Awareness Programme-research & developmentlochan100
Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil College of Engineering and Technology
Wardha Road, Nagpur-441 108
NAAC Accredited
Department of Information Technology developed By Dr PL Pradhan
Second Year B.E. (Fifth Semester)
Research & Development
Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil College of Engineering and Technology
Wardha Road, Nagpur-441 108
NAAC Accredited
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4. Introduction
• OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH PROBLEM--Why study topic?
• SIGNIFICANCE OF PROBLEM—Why important?
• RATIONALE
• IDENTIFY KEY VARIABLES—How do you measure?
• EXPLAIN PROCEDURES—How are measures administered?
• A FEW PAGES IN LENGTH
5. Introduction/Literature Review
• Literature (body of work) and review (survey of).
• Critical thinking skills matter—especially to the argument. A critical review
includes previous research strengths and weaknesses.
• Writing skills matter (organize your chapter, use topic sentences, paragraphs
must be coherent, have intros and conclusions).
• Stay in charge of your study (the best you can—you know more than the
committee).
• Tells readers what’s been done and identifies the gaps in the literature.
• Search relevant information then evaluate it.
6.
7. Literature
• Provides the context of the study.
• Empirical and logical.
• Build a coherent argument, answering why the study needs to be
conducted.
9. Searching
• Keywords matter.
• The source matters—e.g., Use peer reviewed.
• Primary sources—textbooks (overviews), journals (peer reviewed),
dissertation abstracts, research reviews.
• Start with recent articles.
• Find a good reference librarian; learn Boolean searches (AND, OR).
10. Search Strategies
• Identify databases.
• Identify appropriate search terms.
• Expand and narrow.
• Use citation chaining.
11. Identify Databases and Search Terms
• What are the big databases for this field?
• Ex. PubMed for medicine
• What terms best describe this topic?
• You may already have a clear idea of these terms, if not do some preliminary
searches to help identify them.
12. Expand and Narrow
• Consider the number of results.
• Use filters.
• Identify relevant articles and note their subjects or keywords.
• Use these to do a new search
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17. Citation Chaining
• Using a relevant resource to find more relevant resources by looking at who
they cite and who cites them.
Relevant
Resources
Cites Cites
Relevant
Resources
Relevant
Resources
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19. Reading
• Reading Strategy:
1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Topic Sentences of method and results
4. Skim discussion
5. If interesting, then rest of article
• What is the problem? What is the research question?
• What was the research design?
• Who or what is being studied?
• Sample size?
• What measures were used? How were they operationalized?
• What were the procedures used, and what were the results?
• Constantly ask the “so what questions.”
• What is the central theme of the research?
20. Organizing
• Use a system of keeping notes (e.g., group articles into categories/themes).
• Movie analogy: long shot (generally relevant to your topic), medium shot and
close up (very relevant to your topic) shots.
21. Organizing Your Search
• Keep track of databases, search terms
• Use reference management software
• Zotero
• RefWorks
• EndNote
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29. Other Functions
• In-text citations.
• File attachments (pdfs).
• Access from multiple locations
• Sharing
30. Writing
• You don’t have to cite EVERYTHING that you’ve read—be selective (e.g.,
evidence in a courtroom is very selective).
• Don’t “””quote””” to death.
• Use tons of subheadings (easy to sequence).
• Summarize sections often.
• Transition between paragraphs and between sections.
31. Literature Review Conclusion
Solidify that argument
Example from My Dissertation
Questions Stimulated By and Limitations of the HW (1999) Study
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First…
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orientations.
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34. Hypotheses
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