lit review scholarship is a convo
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The Lit Review: Scholarship is a ConversationChlapaty Fellows, Spring 2016Kate Kitchens
Outline
What is a Literature Review?How to get startedFinding articles from citations
What’s a Lit Review
An assessment of a body of research that addresses a research question
What’s a Lit Review
“Harvard Graduate School of Education, (2011). The Literature Review: a research journey, Retrieved from http://guides.library.harvard.edu/literaturereview
• an Annotated Bibliography• a descriptive List• a Summary of what you’ve read on a topic
*in a lit review you are contributing to the conversation and actively critiquing it—not just summarizing what’s already been said.
What a Lit Review is Not ಠ_ಠ
Lit Reviews: Why Bother? ¯\_(ツ )_/¯
Source: Harvard Graduate School of Education, (2011). The Literature Review: a research journey, Retrieved from http://guides.library.harvard.edu/literaturereview
The truth knocks on the door and you say, ‘Go away, I’m looking for the truth,’ and so it goes away. Puzzling.
Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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Source: Harvard Graduate School of Education, (2011). The Literature Review: a research journey, Retrieved from http://guides.library.harvard.edu/literaturereview
Liaison LibrariansDept Natural & Applied Sciences: Kate Kitchens• [email protected]• 563-589-3849• L107Education: Sarah Slaughter• [email protected]• 563-589-3645• L219
Surface Web
(5-20%)
Deep Web
(80-95%)
Source: CNN Money, (2014). The deep web you don’t know about, Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/10/technology/deep-web
Source: Harvard Graduate School of Education, (2011). The Literature Review: a research journey, Retrieved from http://guides.library.harvard.edu/literaturereview
Finding the Full Text from CitationsUse your article citation to locate the full textYou may need to try several databasesNote: Sometimes FT isn’t immediately available, in which case you’ll need to request the article via Interlibrary Loan (free service, takes 1-3 business days, will receive link to PDF in your UD email)
Review• A Lit Review is an assessment of a body of research• The Lit Review process is iterative• Know & use article databases of your field • Request articles via Interlibrary Loan if you can’t find
the Full Text! (FREE)• Save time! Ask for help. Make appointments w/your
liaison librarian• Find additional resources on the Research Guide:
http://libguides.dbq.edu/ChlapatyFellows