literature review 310
Activity # 3 – Literature Review
Conducting a literature review is an important part of the research process. Good research is situated in reference to other research that has already been done on a topic. On the rare occasion that you are doing research on a topic that has never been researched, it is important to be sure that this is the case before making this claim! A good literature review summarizes existing research, but it also synthesizes it, identifying patterns, themes, and gaps in the literature.
Goals of a good literature review:
- Situate your research in relation to existing research
- Summarize work that has been done already
- Synthesize themes that appear in multiple papers
- Acknowledge other people whose work has informed your thinking
- Refine your question
Activity
Using one of the questions you posed in Activity # 1 in reference to Allie Volpeâ€
s article “Why You Need a Network of Low Stakes, Casual Friendshipsâ€, conduct a search using Sociological Abstracts.
- First, brainstorm your topic and think of search phrases that you might start with. List 5 topics you could start your search with
- Enter your search topic into the database. How many results did you get? Do they appear to be related to your topic of interest?
- Is your topic too broad, too narrow, or just right?
- What can you do to refine your results to make them more useful? How would this modification change your original question?
- List 3 articles from this database that you would add to an annotated bibliography of this topic.
Now go to Web of Science and perform the same exercise.
- Enter your search topic into the database. How many results did you get? Do they appear to be related to your topic of interest?
- What can you do to refine your results to make them more useful?
- List 3 articles from this database that you would add to an annotated bibliography of this topic.
Read the abstracts of all 6 articles you have selected. Also make note of keywords used.
- How do the articles you selected relate to the question you originally posed?
- Refine your question in reference to the articles on your annotated bibliography.
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