Lestremau Session 1: Finding Information
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This document provides guidance on conducting a literature review. It defines a literature review as a summary and evaluation of significant research on a topic used to introduce and provide historical context for a research paper. The purpose of a literature review is to provide context, explore the development of a topic, examine scholarly conversations, show relationships between studies, and identify gaps in research. Literature can include books, journal articles, reports, theses, and other written works relevant to the topic. The document outlines steps for finding sources, identifying keywords, searching databases and other reliable sources, reading sources, and determining what makes a source "good" for inclusion.
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Lestremau Session 1: Finding Information
- 2. Understanding the Lit Review Steps to creating a Lit Review Practice Resources & Q&A
- 3. What is a literature review?
- 4. LITERATURE REVIEW A summary and evaluation of significant research on a particular subject. Lit reviews are often at the beginning of a larger research article, to introduce a topic and provide its history and development.
- 5. What is the purpose of a literature review?
- 6. PURPOSE OF A LIT REVIEW • Provide context for a research paper • Explore the history and development of a topic • Examine the scholarly conversation surrounding the topic • Shows relationships between studies • Examines gaps in research on the topic
- 7. PURPOSE OF A LIT REVIEW A literature review is not simply a summary of different articles written on a topic. It should take a critical eye to published research to provide insight, and make connections.
- 9. WHAT COUNTS AS LITERATURE? Everything relevant that is written on a topic* • books • journal articles • newspaper articles • historical records • government reports • theses and dissertations, etc. *Your professor may have specific guidelines as to what type of materials you may include.
- 10. STEPS TO THE LITERATURE REVIEW
- 14. Research Question What is the effect of lack of after-school activities on minority students in urban schools?
- 15. Identify the Key Concepts What is the effect of lack of after-school activities on minority students in urban schools?
- 16. Identify the Key Concepts What is the effect of lack of after-school activities on minority students in urban schools?
- 17. … and connect your search terms AND OR
- 18. After- school activities AND narrows your search by connecting concepts Urban After-school activities AND Urban
- 19. Urban AND After-school activities Minority AND AND narrows your search by connecting concepts
- 20. But what if… …you get too few results?
- 21. Identify alternative keywords • Synonyms or related words • Medical, legal, scientific alternatives • Explore Google and Wikipedia • Ask a friend • Thesaurus.com
- 22. OR: Broadens Search By Connecting Similar Words Urban OR City OR Metropolitan OR Inner-city
- 23. After- school activities Urban OR City AND and OR together
- 24. PRACTICE Complete 1 and 2
- 25. Where do you search?
- 26. WHERE SHOULD YOU SEARCH? • Research Guide for Education: guides.library.jhu.edu/education • Databases used for other assignments • Sources you know are reliable.
- 27. PRACTICE Complete 3 Conduct a Search
- 30. What makes a source “good”? What clues do you look for?
- 31. cc: Valerie Everett - https://www.flickr.com/photos/66742614@N00 QUESTIONS? emjohns@jhu.edu
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