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Lestremau Session 1: Finding Information
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 LitReview Steps to creating a Lit Review Practice Resources & Q&A
- 3. What is aliterature review?
- 4. LITERATURE REVIEW A summaryand 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 thepurpose of a literature review?
- 6. PURPOSE OF ALIT 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 ALIT 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.
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- 9. WHAT COUNTS ASLITERATURE? 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 THELITERATURE REVIEW
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- 14. Research Question What isthe effect of lack of after-school activities on minority students in urban schools?
- 15. Identify the KeyConcepts What is the effect of lack of after-school activities on minority students in urban schools?
- 16. Identify the KeyConcepts What is the effect of lack of after-school activities on minority students in urban schools?
- 17. … and connectyour search terms AND OR
- 18. After- school activities AND narrows your searchby connecting concepts Urban After-school activities AND Urban
- 19. Urban AND After-school activities Minority AND AND narrows yoursearch by connecting concepts
- 20. But what if… …youget 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 SearchBy Connecting Similar Words Urban OR City OR Metropolitan OR Inner-city
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- 25. Where do yousearch?
- 26. WHERE SHOULD YOUSEARCH? • Research Guide for Education: guides.library.jhu.edu/education • Databases used for other assignments • Sources you know are reliable.
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- 30. What makes asource “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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