Literature Review: Publish or Perish
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This document provides an overview of how to conduct a literature review using the tool Publish or Perish. It defines a literature review as a survey of published research in an area that combines summary and synthesis. Conducting a literature review establishes existing knowledge, identifies gaps, and situates an argument in context. Publish or Perish allows users to find seminal articles, trace the development of a field, and identify important journals. When reading sources, researchers should evaluate the authority and relevance of information. Organization is key, and citation management tools like Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote can help track the large number of sources involved in a literature review.
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Literature Review: Publish or Perish
- 1. Literature Reviews: Using Publish or Perish Erich Purpur: ep9k@virginia.edu Brown Science/Engineering Library 424 924 1557 A How to:
- 2. Agenda • Introductions • Literature review overview • Publish Or Perish + Demo • Reading and evaluating sources • Organizing your materials
- 3. What is a literature review? • Survey of published research in a subject area • Usually one component of an academic paper, but sometimes published as a stand-alone paper • Combines summary and synthesis • Not a systematic review
- 4. Why write a literature review? • Establish existing knowledge on the topic • Identify gaps in the literature • Trace intellectual progression of the field, including major debates • Situate your argument in context • Provide evidence to support your own findings
- 5. How do I do this?
- 6. Publish or Perish •Created by Anne-Wil Harzing •Tool for individual academics
- 7. Publish or Perish • Find Keyword • Identify Founding Fathers/Seminal Articles • See historical development in field • Find Important Journals • Look up citations of seminal works
- 8. Reading & Evaluating Sources • Authority • Relevance/Significance • Don’t read entire article
- 9. Keeping Organized • Depending on the size and scope of your paper, literature reviews can involve keeping track of a large number of sources • The easiest way to keep track of sources is a citation management tool. • Zotero • Mendeley • EndNote • Refworks
- 10. Recap • Introductions • Literature review overview • Publish Or Perish + Demo • Reading and evaluating sources • Organizing your materials
- 11. Questions? •Erich Purpur: ep9k@virginia.edu (434) 924 1557 •Ask a librarian, http://www.library.virginia.edu/askalibrarian/
Editor's Notes
- Systematic Review definition - A systematic review answers a defined research question by collecting and summarising all empirical evidence that fits pre-specified eligibility criteria.
- After reading The American Ulysses: Rehabilitating U.S. Grant, how would you begin writing your own literature review on the topic? What major issues, debates, or interpretations appear in the literature about Grant? How might you use this review to seek direction for an original interpretation or argument? What are some of your strategies for: Searching? Evaluating sources? Keeping up to date? Keeping your sources organized?
- Created by Anne-Wil Harzing Dutch professor, at University in London Tool for individual academics Showcase research impact Prep for job interview/tenure application See trends in your field’s literature Literature Review
- Find Keyword Ex: born digital, cryptocurrency, social media Identify Founding Fathers/Seminal Articles Sort results by year, look at highly cited articles See historical development in field Sort by date, look at high citations, identify trends in field this way Find Important Journals Look up citations of seminal works Identify foundational works In google scholar results right click and “Look Up citing works in publish or perish”
- Authority Who wrote it? Where was it published? Have other authors refuted or challenged this research? Relevance/Significance Have you seen it cited other places? Is this a major argument or interpretation that has informed your topic? It’s ok to scan! Start with abstracts, introductions, and book reviews to see if it’s a source you want to include in your literature review.
- Show Zotero demonstrate downloading article, adding notes, cite while you write