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Writing a Lit Review

Literature ReviewTips and Tricks

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Literature ReviewFOCUS on the meat of the article not their lit reviews: Findings, Discussion, Results….Avoid any sentences in the paper that cite someone else! use sentences written by the author you are reading.

No personal stories- or really cool introductions- no OPINION and no arguing the “obvious” point of view-there is no BIAS in lit reviews

Make sure that you are not neglecting key studies in the field. Make sure your sources are relevant both on topic and timeliness. ITS OK TO HAVE ARTICLES THAT DO NOT AGREE WITH YOU. Address them and see why they may not match the findings of other research (different population, different variables, different analysis etc.)

This is NOT a book report- you need to synthesize your articles-arrange them by concept or theme or similarities-differences- Some articles may be mentioned in more than one section. One section may only have one relevant article. don't forget to mention any limitations and future research that should be done on your topic!

Refworksstore references – generate bibliographies— share folders

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What are the main issues.

Think of terms and variables that characterize your thesis topic.

Think about what discipline would research your topic.

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Concept A

Concept B

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Use this to connect different variables. For

example: black and white

AND

Use this to search for either term. For example:

online or video

OR

Use this to look for root endings. For example: gam* looks for game,

games, gaming

cUse this to search for phrases. For example:

“virtual bodies”

“virtual bod*” and female*

gam* and representation* and women

Grand theft and sex*

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Searches: title, abstract, subjects and in some cases the full text of the record

KeywordsDefault fields

Subject

Descriptor

Searches: only the subject

line-This makes your

searches more specific

and better defined

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Searches for books, articles and reports

across many databases

OneSearch.

Database by Topic.

allows you to find articles in a specific discipline and use more advance

terminology

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• Turn on “library links”

• Turn on Refworks

• Always use WITH

databases not instead

of them

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The library emails you the PDF of the

requested article in less than 72 hours

BeachReach.

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Tips for writing

LiteratureReview

Tips for writing1. Don’t put the full title of the article in your

paper- just refer to it as "this study" or "this

essay/analysis“

2. Refer to authors by last name only- if it is

multiple authors, you may need to use "et.

al" instead of listing them all

Tips for writing3. FOCUS on the meat of the article not their lit

reviews: For empirical: Findings,

Discussion, Results…. For theory: Focus on

their analysis

4. No personal stories- or really cool

introductions- no OPINION and no arguing

the “obvious” point of view- there is no

BIAS in lit reviews

Tips for writingThis is NOT a book report- you need to

synthesize your articles- arrange them

by concept or theme or similarities-

differences- Some articles may be

mentioned in more than one section.

One section may only have one relevant

article. don't forget to mention any

limitations and future research that

should be done on your topic based

upon the current literature!

Drop In Sessions

One on One

Specific to your lit review

citation style and format

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