Khazima Tahir Muhammed Riaz La Saundra Haynes

Khazima Tahir Muhammed Riaz La Saundra Haynes
Literature Review Khazima Tahir Muhammed Riaz La Saundra Haynes

Contents Literature review – What and why
Searching and finding print and online sources Evaluating sources for relevance and reliability Reading critically Analyzing and synthesizing findings Writing and presenting literature review Citing sources in text and reference list / bibliography Avoiding plagiarism

Developing Literature Review

Learning Check What is Literature Review?

Literature review - Definition
A body of text that aims to review the critical points of current knowledge on a particular topic A comprehensive survey of publications in a specific field of study or related to a particular line of research Non-quantitative summary of existing published literature made by experts who select and weigh findings available from the literature A summary and interpretation of research findings reported in the literature A process and documentation of the current relevant research literature regarding a particular topic or subject of interest.

Purposes of literature review
Define and limit problem Develop familiarity with topic Limit research to a subtopic within larger body of knowledge Place study in historical perspective Analysis of way in which study relates to existing knowledge Avoid unintentional and unnecessary replication Awareness of prior studies so as to avoid unneeded replication Replication is reasonable if it is needed to verify prior results, investigate results that failed to be significant, or relate problem to a specific site.

Purposes of literature review
Select promising methods and measures Knowledge of and insight into specific research designs for investigating a problem Awareness of specific instruments, sampling procedures, and data analyses Relate findings to previous knowledge and suggest future research needs Relating prior research to what is known places current study in perspective This knowledge allows researcher to focus problem on what is not known Develop research hypotheses Suggestions for specific research hypotheses

Literature review designs
Narrative review Selective review of the literature that broadly covers a specific topic. Does not follow strict systematic methods to locate and synthesize articles. Systematic review Utilizes exacting search strategies to make certain that the maximum extent of relevant research has been considered. Original articles are methodologically appraised and synthesized. Meta-analysis Quantitatively combines the results of studies that are the result of a systematic literature review. Capable of performing a statistical analysis of the pooled results of relevant studies.

When we need to do a literature review
At the beginning of the research project Proposal Chapter 2, 1 & 3 Constantly update during the research When writing the discussion and conclusion chapters

What is literature Books Journals Conference papers
Audio-visual material CDs/DVDs Electronic databases Government reports Magazines Newspapers Grey literature Interviews and other unpublished research Books Journals Conference papers Theses and dissertations Bibliographies Maps Internet Indexes/Abstracts

Three types of literature

Activity Enlist the literature usually used in your discipline.

Searching and Finding Information Sources

Start searching

Finding information sources
Formal ways University libraries Special libraries and government departments Inter-library loan Informal ways Authors Personal libraries of experts Your friends

Bibliographic aids Library catalog Indexing journal
Abstracting journal Bibliography Bibliographic database People Experts Librarians

Online Searching Techniques
Boolean Operators Phrase Searching Truncation / Wildcard Searching Proximity Searching Focusing / Limiting a Search

Boolean Operators AND OR NOT
Boolean operators allow you to join terms together, widen a search or exclude terms from your search results. This means you can be more precise in locating your information. AND OR NOT

Boolean Operators at Emerald

Phrase Searching It narrows your search down by searching for an exact phrase or sentence. It is particularly useful when searching for a title or a quotation. Usually quotation marks are used to connect the words together. For example “Towards a healthier Scotland”

Truncation / Wildcard These search techniques retrieve information on similar words by replacing part of the word with a symbol usually a * or ?. However, different databases use different symbols, so check what is used. In truncation the end of the word is replaced. For example physiother* will retrieve physiotherapy, physiotherapeutic, physiotherapist and so on. In wildcard searching, letters from inside the word are replaced. For example wom*n will retrieve the terms woman and women.

Proximity Searching It looks for documents where two or more separately matching term occurrences are within a specified distance, where distance is the number of intermediate words or characters For example Term A NEAR Term B Term A ADJ Term B

Focusing / Limiting a Search
There are many ways to focus your search and all search tools offer different ways of doing this. Some of the ways of limiting your search are as follows: Date Language Place Publication type Age groups Type of material e.g. you could just need to find case studies

General Search Engines
Google Yahoo AltaVista FAST Search MSN Search Lycos Excite

Google Simple Search

Google Advanced Search

Scholarly Search Engines
Google Scholar Infomine Librarians’ Internet Index Intute Pinakes Business Research ISI Web of Science

Librarians’ Internet Index

Subject Directories Also called Information Gateways and Virtual Libraries Yahoo Directory Google Directory Librarians’ Internet Index About.com Infomine The WWW Virtual Library Specialized Subject Directories Abi Logic Solid Crawler Academic Info SOSIG - Social Science Information Gateway

Yahoo Directory

Electronic Theses and Dissertations - ETDs
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Catalog of theses and doctoral dissertations contributed by some 176 universities and 27 institutions worldwide British Library EThOS 250,000+ theses of British universities Many are free Proquest Dissertations & Theses Database World’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses with over 2.7 million titles

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations

Online Databases Bibliographic databases Numeric databases
ERIC, Agricola, Medline, EconLit, PsychINFO Numeric databases Stat-USA, UN Common Database Full text databases ScienceDirect, Emerald, JSTOR

ERIC Database

Science Direct Database

Free e-books Gigapedia The Online Books Page Project Gutenberg
300,000+ books, the largest e-book repository The Online Books Page 35,000+ books Project Gutenberg 30,000+ books Internet Public Library 20,000+ books

HEC – Online Resources National Digital Library
Over 30 databases with over 23,000 journals Accessible by 250 institutions in Pakistan 50,000 e-books Links to open access resources Pakistan Research Repository Full text of over 1800 Pakistani doctoral theses

HEC – National Digital Library

Pakistan Research Repository

Library web OPACs Libdex WorldCat Library of Congress
Worldwide index of library catalogs WorldCat 1.4 billion items from 10,000+ libraries worldwide Library of Congress The British Library National Library of Pakistan

Activity Enlist 10 keywords related to your research topic.
Search these online resources and mention 10 most relevant and helpful resources of your discipline.

Evaluating Information Sources

Evaluating information sources for relevance – Book
Skim its index for your key words, then skim the pages on which those words occur. Skim the first and last paragraphs in chapters that use a lot of your key words. Skim introduction, summary chapters, and so on. Skim the last chapter, especially the first and last two or three pages. If the source is a collection of articles, skim the editor’s introduction. Check the bibliography for titles relevant to your topic.

Evaluating information sources for relevance – Article
Read the abstract. Skim the introduction and conclusion, or if they are not marked by headings, skim the first six or seven paragraphs and the last four or five. Skim for section headings, and read the first and last paragraphs of those sections. Check the bibliography for titles relevant to your topic.

Evaluating information sources for relevance – Online
If it looks like a printed article, follow the steps for a journal article. Skim sections labeled “introduction,” “overview,” “summary,” or the like. If there are none, look for a link labeled “About the Site” or something similar. If the site has a link labeled “Site Map” or “Index,” check it for your key words and skim the referenced pages. If the site has a “search” resource, type in your key words.

Use colour post-its to mark relevance
Red - high relevance Blue – medium relevance Yellow – low relevance

Evaluating information sources for reliability
Audience Authority Bias Currency Scope

Is this for a person with in-depth knowledge or a layperson?
Audience What age group/education level/political affiliation/etc. is the audience? Is this for a person with in-depth knowledge or a layperson? Ethnicity, gender, religion, health status, etc. Many characteristics can determine the make up of the audience.

Authority Does the author’s name appear on the Web page?
What are his/her credentials? Does the author provide contact information?

Is the source objective?
Bias Is the source objective? Could the writer or the organization’s affiliation put a different spin on the information presented? What is the purpose of the source? Purpose : Is it for information, or is it trying to sell you something?

Currency When was the work published? When was the work last updated?
How old are the sources or items in the bibliography? How current is the topic? If a Web page, do the links work?

Scope What does/doesn’t the work cover? Is it an in-depth study (many pages) or superficial (one page)? Are sources and statistics cited? If a site, does it offer unique info not found in any other source?

Activity What was your practice for searching the literature? How would you incorporate these tips for enhancing your searching skills?

Critical Reading

What is “critical reading?”
“Critical” is not intended to have a negative meaning in the context of “critical reading.” Definition: An active approach to reading that involves an in depth examination of the text. Memorization and understanding of the text is achieved. Additionally, the text is broken down into its components and examined critically in order to achieve a meaningful understanding of the material.

Passive vs. Active Reading
Passive Reading: - (4 traits) 1. Largely inactive process. 2. Low motivation to examine the text critically or at an in-depth level. 3. Important pieces of data and assumptions may be missed. 4. Data and assumptions that are perceived by the passive reader are accepted at face value or are examined superficially, with little thought.

Passive vs. Active Reading
Active Reading: - Active reading involves interacting with the text and therefore requires significantly more energy than passive reading. Critical reading ALWAYS involves active reading. The active reader invests sufficient effort to understand the text and commit important details to memory. The active reader identifies important pieces of data, the assumptions underlying arguments, and examines them critically. They rely on their personal experiences and knowledge of theory to analyze the text.

Techniques of Critical Reading
Previewing Writing Critical Reading (at least two times) Summarizing Forming a Critical Response Finding a Focus for Your Paper

Previewing Form meaningful expectations about the reading.
Pace yourself – decide how much time you will dedicate to the reading. Skimming. Look for Title, Section Headings, Date Expectations about the Author (previous works) Define the important vocabulary words Brief summaries of chapters The goal is to obtain a general grasp of the text Form several expectations about what you are going to read. Create questions or hypotheses that you expect to be answered by reading the text and write them down. A good way to generate questions are to look at the title, headings, and skim the text. Next, attend to the thoughts and questions that reading these items brings up for you. After you have critically read through the article, you will revisit these questions to aid you in forming a critical response to the reading. Remember, skimming is supposed to be a quick process, but it can also be active (vs passive). Spend no more than 30 seconds per page. Look for headings and subheadings and note your reactions to them. Pay attention to the length of the text you are going to read. Do you currently have enough time to read all the way through the article critically? If not, is there a good stopping point? When you resume reading, will it be in a short enough time for you to remember everything you just read or will you have to spend a lot of time re-reading to get caught back up? How dense does the text seem to be? What type of reading will this be? Technical? Persuasive? Summary?

Writing Writing While Reading a. Margin b. Divided Page Method
c. Landmark/Footnote Method d. Reading Journal e. Online Documents OWN the material. Writing while reading often means writing on the text you are reading. To be able to do this ethically, you must own the material. It is worthwhile not only for this reason, but because as professionals you are going to build a library of resources that you can (and will) refer back to repeatedly throughout your career. Make sure the materials you own are free of others’ writing. You will not benefit as much from the remarks of others as you will from writing your own remarks while reading.

Writing - Margin Mark, highlight, or underline parts of the text that you think are very important. Option 1 - Write a few words in the margin that capture the essence of your reaction. Option 2 – Write a few words that will help you to remember the passage. This is useful for learning definitions or parts of a theory. You can develop your own method of marking, highlighting, etc, that works best for you. Some people find it helpful to use different colored markers to highlight a page. For example, a yellow highlighter may be used on the first read through an article and a blue during the second read through. Or a yellow HL may be for definitions and a blue may be for important arguments and conclusions in the passage.

Divided Page Method On a separate piece of paper, divide your page into two columns. Label one column “text” (meaning from your reading) and the other “response” (meaning your response). Write down a part of the text you think is important in the “text” column and then write a reaction to it in the other column. Advantages – This forces the reader to focus a great deal of attention on a specific part of the reading. In doing so, the reader is more likely to remember the part of the reading and will form a critical response “on the spot,” which will help better understand the reading. The reader not only takes more time to understand a part of the reading, they shift from the visual modality of learning to the motoric (I.e., writing) modality, thereby increasing the degree of comprehension, especially if writing is a strength in the reader’s learning style.

Landmark/Footnote Method
On a separate piece(s) of paper or in your reading journal, dedicate an adequate amount of space to an article, book, chapter, etc, you are reading. Highlight, mark, or underline a critical part in your reading. In the margin, indicate that you are going to write a footnote. For example, write a 1 or a (or whatever you want). In your reading journal, write a ‘1’ or ‘a’ (or whatever symbol you chose) and then write your critical response. Advantages – Again, you are focusing more attention on a specific piece of the text, are forming a critical response to it, and are switching learning modalities from visual to writing. This technique is most appropriate for lengthy responses to pieces of the text you are reading, unlike the “writing in the margin” technique, which is best used for brief or concise responses. Also, the landmark/footnote method is a great way to preserve the quality of your text. You don’t end up marking and writing all over the page TOO MUCH and your text doesn’t end up looking messy and unreadable. This is a good technique to use if you encounter a word you are unfamiliar with and need to look it up in the dictionary. It is very helpful to mark where the word appeared in the text, look it up, write the definition down, and have it available in case you encounter the word again in the same text or in a different one.

Reading Journal In addition to the other uses described above, use the reading journal to track what you are reading and to form critical responses to articles, chapters, etc you have read in their entirety. Try to summarize the entire article, describe the main points, define key terms, and express your reactions. Remember, do NOT refer back to the text until you absolutely have to! Give your memory a workout! Force yourself to learn the material as you read and be able to write it down clearly afterwards. Also, put concepts into your own words. A general rule is 3-5 pages of notes per 100 pages of text.

Online Documents Two ways to write while reading online documents…
Reading Journal Cut and Paste in Word Processor, then insert comments You can use the Landmark and/or Reading Journal methods described above. However, whenever possible, print out a copy of the online document to simply the writing while reading process. Give students a quick example of how to cut text from an online document, paste it into Microsoft Word, and add comments to it that can be viewed later.

First Reading Read in an environment where you will be free from distractions. Read steadily and smoothly. Try to enjoy the work. Write notes, but do so sparingly. What works best for you? We suggest avoiding your cell phone, television, computer, and music. Bullet #2 – To aid in this, it can help to try and make the reading personally relevant to you and your life. For instance, you could ask yourself questions such as: Have I ever experienced anything similar to what is written about here? Do I know anyone that has experienced anything similar to what is written about here? What is interesting about this? How will I use this in my career? How will I use this in my life? There are no limits to the techniques you can use. You have to be creative to do this successfully. If you can make the reading personally relevant, you will interact with the reading more actively, will enjoy it more, and will learn more from it. Bullet#2 – “Writing in the margin” is a useful technique at this phase. Make note of areas of interest that are important to the reading or areas you want to revisit later to examine more closely. When definitions or terminology are used, make a note of it or underline it. Make note of words you do not understand and need to look up in the dictionary, but come back to these later – rely on the context of the sentence, paragraph, etc to approximate the meaning of the word for now. Write down BRIEF, CONCISE reactions to specific parts of the text as they occur, preferably in the margin.

Second Reading Re-read the material more slowly than during your first read. The two most important objectives are: Understand the content of the material Understand the material’s structure When you are re-reading a text, don’t be surprised if new pieces “jump out at you.” You will notice new parts of the text, have new reactions and critiques in response, and will further develop your initial reactions. Revisit the areas that you marked before and analyze it more intensely. Write down your reactions and observations. Most importantly, take time to make sure you understand the text AS IT IS WRITTEN, and make note of the themes that emerge in each passage of the text. You will be going back to these passages later on in order to critique the arguments within them.

3 Responses to Texts Restatement- Restating what a text says; talking about the original topic. Description- Describing what a text does; identifies aspects of text. Interpretation- Analyze what a text means; asserts an overall meaning.

Summarization Summarization: Pull out the main points of the text and write them down. The summary’s complexity and length will vary according to the complexity and length of the text you have read! A summary should state in as few words as possible the main ideas of a passage. Write the main idea of the entire passage. Next, it can help to identify sections within a text to begin breaking it down. Write a one or two sentence summary for each section that captures its main points. Incorporate definitions or concepts that were included into the text into the summaries. Now, begin examining how the summaries you have written interact with one another. How do they connect? How are they the same? How are they different? This will lead to a final summary the captures the main points of the entire text you have read.

Forming Your Critical Response
Analysis Interpretation Synthesis In forming your critical response, you will now go beyond what the author has explicitly written to form your impressions of the text.

Analysis Analysis is the separation of something into its parts or elements, which helps to examine them more closely. To analyze reading, you can take at least these two approaches: Choose a question to guide analysis. Look at the author’s argument structure. Bullet #1 – This will occur on a smaller level than what occurred during summarization, when sections of the text were identified to begin “breaking the text down.” Revisiting the reactions and questions you generated during the “previewing” phase will be helpful here. You have likely formed new reactions and questions since reading the text further in depth and can use these to generate questions also. Your question can be anything you want it to be, as long as it is relevant and can be answered (even if only partially) by the text you are reading. For example, if you are reading People magazine, you might wonder, “Does People challenge or perpetuate stereotypes?” An important element of this question would be the term “stereotypes.” You would clearly define stereotypes and look for examples of stereotypes in People and see how they are treated. To be covered on the next slide.

Analysis (continued) Examine the argument structure.
Claims: Statements that require support by evidence. Assumptions: The writer’s underlying beliefs, opinions, principles, or inferences that connect evidence to the claims. Identify the claims that the author makes in their argument. A useful way to identify claims is to become skeptical and not take the reader’s writing at face value. In response to a sentence, ask the question, “What makes this true?” Within the article should be evidence that explains the reason for why the sentence is true. If there is not evidence within the article, you are left to speculate about whether the author’s claim is true or false.

Analysis (continued) Types of evidence Facts: Verifiable evidence.
Opinion: Judgments based upon facts. Expert Opinion: Judgments formed by authorities on a given subject. Appeal to Beliefs or Needs: Readers are asked to accept a claim in part because they already accept it as true WITHOUT factual evidence or because it coincides with their needs. Appeal to Emotion: A claim that is persuasive because it evokes an emotion within the reader, but may or may not rely on factual evidence. A short list of some different types of evidence.

Analysis (continued) To judge the reliability of evidence, look at the following areas: Accuracy Relevance Representativeness Adequacy Accuracy: Is the evidence drawn from trustworthy sources? Is the evidence cited an accurate representation of the source or is it distorted for some other purpose? Relevance: Does the evidence apply to the point the author is making? Does the evidence come from an authority on the relevant subject matter or from someone who is not familiar with it? Is the evidence current or outdated? Representativeness: Look for this when an author makes general statements such as, “Scientists believe…” or “The sample was…” or “Men all believe that…” Is the evidence representative of the entire sample mentioned? If not, which subset of the sample is relevant? Adequacy: Is there enough evidence to support the claim? Is the evidence specific enough or is it too vague?

Analysis (continued) Logical Fallacies: Errors in reasoning. Examples:
Red herring- introduction of an irrelevant issue in an argument. Non sequitur- linking two or more ideas that have no logical connection. Making broad generalizations without proven empirical evidence. When you identify an error in reasoning, this does not ultimately prove that the claim is not true, but it should prompt you to consider this possibility and examine the evidence for the claim more closely.

Interpretation After breaking down the text into its components and examining them, ask yourself about the conclusions you can draw from this evidence. What claims does the author make? What evidence supports these claims? Can you infer anything beyond what the author has explicitly written that either strengthens or weakens the claims made by the author?

Synthesis Now that you have broken down the text into its parts, analyzed them, and interpreted it all, you should make new connections with what you know. Ask yourself again: What are the main points of this text? Were my expectations for this article met? If I “read in between the lines” do I learn anything else about what the author is saying? Overall, what can I conclude from this text?

Analyzing and Synthesizing Findings

Read the articles Completely in each topic together
Take notes in an organized manner: computer files, note cards, etc. Include all bibliographic info, especially page number when quoting! Flag like information with same color post- its across articles.

Summarize main purpose (research questions) methodology findings
qualitative/quantitative subjects, controls, treatments findings relevant details

Analyze size & generalizability of subject pool innovative methodology
varying definitions of key terms methodology used size & generalizability of subject pool innovative methodology enough evidence? findings consistent with those of similar studies?

Analyze Include older articles if: landmark study
currency: lit review shows the latest work done in subject area. (last 5 years on average) Include older articles if: landmark study only evidence on a topic helps explain the evolution of the research

Synthesize the Literature
How does each article relate to your topic and purpose? Define your argument/thesis. Identify major trends or patterns emerging from your reading.

Synthesize Reassemble your notes based on results of reading, using organizational aids such as post- its, flags, etc. Revise original outline of categories Create a detailed topic outline begin with your “argument” or claim present evidence from articles researched that proves your claim Do not string together a summary of articles. The outline is topic driven.

Synthesize Note landmark studies and if replicated.
Note how individual studies help illustrate or advance theoretical notions. Note gaps or areas needing more research. Make sure your detailed outline follows a logical sequence of topics and subtopics. This will give your literature review the coherence it needs.

Writing and Presenting Literature Review

Structure of review articles
Literature reviews are in reality a type of research Should conform to the anatomy of a typical scholarly article Abstract Introduction Methods Results Discussion Conclusion References Structure of review articles

Structure of literature review
Introduction Gives a quick idea of the topic of the literature review, such as the central theme or organizational pattern. Body Contains your discussion of sources. Conclusions/Recommendations Discuss what you have drawn from reviewing literature so far. Where might the discussion proceed? Structure of literature review

Organization of literature review
A general organization looks like a funnel Broader topics Subtopics Studies like yours

How to organize studies
Chronological By publication date By trend Thematic A structure which considers different themes Methodological Focuses on the methods of the researcher, e.g., qualitative versus quantitative approaches

Making links between studies
Agreements Similarly, author B points to… Likewise, author C makes the case that… Author D also makes this point… Again, it is possible to see how author E agrees with author D… Disagreements However, author B points to… On the other hand, author C makes the case that… Conversely, Author D argues… Nevertheless, what author E suggests…

Summary table It is useful to prepare.
Such a table provides a quick overview that allows the reviewer to make sense of a large mass of information. The tables could include columns with headings such as Author type of study Sample Design data collection approach key findings

Summary table of literature
Citation Sample Environment Method Conclusions Colour Bellizzi, Crowley and Hasty (1983) 125 Adults Furniture store Laboratory experiment Photographic slide simulations Warm and cool colours created different emotional responses. Customers view red retail environments as more negative and unpleasant than blue. Bellizzi, & Hite (1992) 70 Adult women 107 Students Televisions shown with different colour backgrounds Furniture stores Laboratory experiments Study based on PAD affect measures and approach-avoidance behaviours. More positive retail outcomes occurred in blue environments than red. Music Smith and Curnow (1966) 1100 Supermarket shoppers Retail store Field experiment Time in store reduced with loud music but level of sales did not. Milliman (1982) 216 Shoppers Supermarket The tempo of background music influenced the pace at which customers shopped. Slow tempo music slowed customers down but resulted in increased volume of sales. Hui, Dubé and Chebat (1997) 116 Students Bank branch - waiting for service. Video simulation The positive impact of music on approach behaviours is mediated by an emotional evaluation of the environment and the emotional response to waiting. Pleasurable music produced longer perceived waiting times. Lighting Areni and Kim (1994) 171 Shoppers Wine store The investigation found that brighter in-store lighting influenced shoppers to examine and handle more of the merchandise in the store Summers and Hebert (2001) 2367 Customers Hardware store Apparel store Confirmed Areni and Kims (1994) results. Increased levels of lighting will produce arousal and pleasure and increase the approach behaviours of customers. Summary table of literature Atmospherics in service environments

Citation styles Information prominent citation Example:
For viscoelastic fluids, the behaviour of the time- dependent stresses in the transient shear flows is also very important (Boger et al., 1974). Author prominent citation Examples: Close (1983) developed a simplified theory using an analogy between heat and mass transfer and the equivalent heat transfer only case. Several authors have suggested that automated testing should be more readily accepted (Balcer, 1989; Stahl, 1989; Carver & Tai, 1991).

Active or passive voice
You should use, where appropriate, both active and passive voice As a general rule, use active voice unless there is good reason not to

A Good Literature Review is:
Focused - The topic should be narrow. You should only present ideas and only report on studies that are closely related to topic. Concise - Ideas should be presented economically. Don’t take any more space than you need to present your ideas. Logical - The flow within and among paragraphs should be a smooth, logical progression from one idea to the next Developed - Don’t leave the story half told. Integrative - Your paper should stress how the ideas in the studies are related. Focus on the big picture. What commonality do all the studies share? How are some studies different than others? Your paper should stress how all the studies reviewed contribute to your topic. Current - Your review should focus on work being done on the cutting edge of your topic.

Pitfalls Vagueness due to too much or inappropriate generalizations
Limited range Insufficient information Irrelevant material Omission of contrasting view Omission of recent work

Common errors in reviewing literature
Hurrying through review to get started could mean that you will miss something that will improve your research. Relying too heavily upon secondary sources. Concentrating on findings rather than methods. Overlooking sources other than academic journals. Don’t forget newspaper articles, magazines, blogs, etc. Searching too broad or too narrow of a topic. Inaccuracy in the compiling of bibliographic information.

Activity What do you know about good literature review?

Citing References in Your Research (APA Style)

Some Important Terms Used in Research Work
Citation References Footnote

Learning Check What is the sharp difference between Citation, References, bibliography and foot-note.

Citation A reference or listing of the key pieces of information about a work that makes it possible to identify and locate it again.

Reference What we quoted in the text consists of author name (Not inverted), title and pages of sources it could be as footnote, at the end of chapter or at the end of thesis.

Bibliography In the context of academic research, a list of books or references to sources cited, for further reading, usually printed at the end of an article or in the back matter of a book includes author name (inverted), title, year, place of publication, publisher.

Foot Note Any note used to further explain a detail outside of the main text. The term usually refers to notes at the bottom of a page OP Cited (for reference already given in list) op. cited ref No 11, H.M Deitel Ibid (for the same reference use)

Various Style Manuals APA – American Psychological Association
MLA – Modern Language Association Chicago Style – Chicago Manual of Style Turabian Style – based on Chicago Style Harvard Referencing System ASA – American Sociological Association CBE - Council of Biology Editors

APA style American Psychological Association
In 1929, published instructions for authors on how to prepare manuscripts for APA journals Later used for theses, term papers, etc. Latest edition 6th in 2009 Widely used in social sciences

Citing references – Outline
Identifying and formatting citing elements Citing in text Preparing reference list / bibliography

Citing Elements

Citing Elements The elements of a citation normally include:
Author or authoring body Date of publication Title of the work Edition Publisher Place of publication Title of the source Location information within the source URL or DOI Non-routine information (page no, Volume no, etc.)

Author Surname and initials Kernis, M. H.
Hyphenated first name Sun, C.-R. Editor’s name Robinson, D. N. (Ed.) No author Entry under title Delete Prof., Dr., Maj., Retd., etc.

Authoring body or group
Full name National Institute of Health Subordinate body University of the Punjab, Institute of Business Administration Government agencies Pakistan, Ministry of Finance

Date of publication Journal, book, AV media 1993
Meeting, Monthly magazine, Newsletter , June , Spring Daily, Weekly , September 28 Accepted work but not yet published in press No date available n.d. Publication over long period Republished work, a note at the end (Original work published 1923)

Title of the work Title of book Title of book chapter
Title of journal article Title of encyclopedia article Subtitle with colon

Edition Edition you used
Edition in Arabic numeral 2nd ed. Rev. ed th rev. ed.

Publisher Publisher name for non periodicals In a brief form
Omit superfluous terms, such as Publishers, Publications, Co., Inc. Sage Wiley McGraw-Hill Prentice Hall Ferozsons Use only word “Author” when author and publisher is the same

Place of publication Name of city
If city is not well known then add state/province and/or country Jaipur, India Medford, NJ US postal service abbreviations for states (2-digit codes) CA for California If more cities are given, use the first or the publisher’s head office if clearly mentioned

Title of the source Title of the book in case of a book chapter
Title of the journal in case of journal article Journal title in full Harvard Business Review Not Har. Bus. Rev. Not HBR

Location Journal volume and issue number in Arabic numerals 33(4)
Volume of a book Vols (Vol.26, pp ) Start and end (inclusive) page numbers for journal article or book chapter (pp ) Discontinuous pages , 11-12

URL or DOI Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) /

Non-routine information
Give nonroutine but important information in square brackets [Letter to the editor] [Special issue] [Brochure] [Abstract]

Citing in text

Author’s name in sentence
Schwepps (1998) states that the solution sat dormant for several months before any of the employees tested it (p. 743).

Author’s name in parentheses
When the solution had been sitting for a number of months, the employees tested for bacteria (Schwepps, 1998).

Short quotation When fewer than 40 words
Put prose quotation in running text Put quote marks around quoted material Author’s last name, publication year, and page number(s) of quote must appear in the text

Example – Short quotation
Caruth (1996) states that a traumatic response frequently entails a “delayed, uncontrolled repetitive appearance of hallucinations and other intrusive phenomena” (p. 11). A traumatic response frequently entails a “delayed, uncontrolled repetitive appearance of hallucinations and other intrusive phenomena” (Caruth, 1996, p. 11).

Long quotations When 40 words or more In block form
Indent 5-7 spaces and omit the quotation marks. If the quotation has internal paragraphs, indent the internal paragraphs a further 5-7 spaces Do not use quotation marks Double space the block quote Cite the source after the end punctuation of the quote

Example – Long quotation
Meile (1993) found the following: The “placebo effect,” which had been verified in previous studies, disappeared when behaviors were studied in this manner. Furthermore, the behaviors were never exhibited again, even when real drugs were administered. Earlier studies were clearly premature in attributing the results to a placebo effect. (p. 276)

Secondary reference In 1947 the World Health Organization proposed the following definition of health. “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity” (World Health Organization, as cited in Potter & Perry, 2001, p. 3).

Multiple authors 2 authors – cite both names separated by & Example: (Kosik & Martin, 1999, p. 127) 3-5 authors – cite all authors first time; after first time, use et al. Example: (Wilson et al., 2000) 6 or more authors – cite first author’s name and et al. Example: (Perez et al., 1992)

Multiple citations Multiple sources from same author – chronological order, separated by comma (Burke, 1998, 1999, in press) Within same year: (Burke, 1998a, 1998b, 1999, in press) Multiple sources – separated by semicolon, alphabetical order (Burke, 1998; Perez, 1992; Wilhite, 2001)

Personal communication
Personal communication ( , phone, conversation, letter, etc.) (T.K. Lutes, personal communication, September 19, 2001) Not included in reference list

Handling parenthetical citations
More than one author with the same last name (H. James, 1878); (W. James, 1880) Specific part of a source (Jones, 1995, chap. 2)

Handling parenthetical citations
If the source has no known author, then use an abbreviated version of the title: Full Title: “California Cigarette Tax Deters Smokers” Citation: (“California,” 2009)

Sample parenthetical citations
Recently, the history of warfare has been significantly revised by Higonnet et al (1987), Marcus (1989), and Raitt and Tate (1997) to include women’s personal and cultural responses to battle and its resultant traumatic effects. Feminist researchers now concur that “It is no longer true to claim that women's responses to the war have been ignored” (Raitt & Tate, p. 2). Though these studies focus solely on women's experiences, they err by collectively perpetuating the masculine-centered impressions originating in Fussell (1975) and Bergonzi (1996). However, Tylee (1990) further criticizes Fussell, arguing that his study “treated memory and culture as if they belonged to a sphere beyond the existence of individuals or the control of institutions” (p. 6).

Reference List / Bibliography

Reference list Place the list of references cited at the end of the paper Start references on a new page Begin each entry flush with the left margin Indent subsequent lines five to seven spaces (hanging indent) Double space both within and between entries Italicize the title of books, magazines, etc.

Reference list order Arrange sources alphabetically beginning with author’s last name If author has more than one source, arrange entries by year, earliest first When an author appears both as a sole author and, in another citation as the first author of a group, list the one author entries first If no author given, begin entry with the title and alphabetize without counting a, an, or the Do not underline, italicize or use quote marks for titles used instead of an author name

Example – Reference list order
Baheti, J. R. (2001a). Control … Baheti, J. R. (2001b). Roles of … Kumpfer, K. L. (1999). Factors … Kumpfer, K. L. (2002). Prevention … Kumpfer, K. L., Alvarado, R., Smith, P., … Yoshikawa, H. (1994). Preventions …

Group author American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Book with one author Carter, R. (1998). Mapping the mind. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Book with two authors Struck, W., & White, E. B. (1979).
The elements of style (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan.

Book with six or more authors
Wolchik, S. A., West, S. G., Sandler, I. N., Tein, J., Coatsworth, D., Lengua, L., et al. (2000). An experimental evaluation of…

Book with no author Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary
(10th ed.). (1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.

Book with editors Allison, M. T., & Schneider, I. E. (Eds.).
(2000). Diversity and the recreation profession: Organizational perspectives. State College, PA: Venture.

Chapter in book Stern, J. A., & Dunham, D. N. (1990). The ocular system. In J. T. Cacioppo & L. G. Tassinary (Eds.), Principles of psychophysiology: Physical, social, and inferential elements (pp ). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Multivolume book Koch, S. (Ed.). ( ). Psychology: A study of science (Vols. 1-6). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Journal article Sellard, S., & Mills, M. E. (1995). Administrative issues for use of nurse practitioners. Journal of Nursing Administration, 25(5),

Article in press Jones, R. (in press). The new healthcare lexicon. Journal of Health.

Abstract Misumi, J., & Fumita, M. (1982). Effects
of PM organizational development in supermarket organization. Japanese Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 21, [Abstract] Psychological Abstracts, 1982, 68, Abstract No

Magazine Posner, M. I. (1993, October 29). Seeing the mind. Science, 262,

Newspaper Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic, social status. The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4.

Encyclopedia article Blaser, L. (1996). Relativity . In Gale
encyclopedia of science (Vol. 15, pp ). New York, Gale Encyclopedia Co.

Thesis Ho, M. (2000). Coping strategies of counseling professionals
(Unpublished master’s thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore).

Videotape National Institute on Mental Health. (1980). Drug abuse [videotape]. Bethesda: Author.

Electronic sources Velmans, M. (1999). When perception becomes conscious. British Journal of Psychology, 90, Retrieved from the Expanded Academic ASAP database.

Web page Green, C. (2000, April 16). History & philosophy of psychology web resources. Retrieved from

Article with DOI Stultz, J. (2006). Integrating exposure therapy and analytic therapy in trauma treatment. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 76(4), 482–488. doi: /

Preprint version of article
Philippsen, C., Hahn, M., Schwabe, L., Richter, S., Drewe, J., & Schachinger, H. (2007). Cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress is not affected by alpha2- adrenoreceptor activation or inhibition. Psychopharmacology, 190(2), 181–188. Advance online publication. doi: /s

Online dictionary Heuristic. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary. Retrieved from

Presentation slides Columbia University, Teachers College, Institute for Learning Technologies. (2000). Smart cities: New York: Electronic education for the new millennium [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from publications/index.html

Press release American Psychological Association. (2006, April 30). Internet use involves both pros and cons for children and adolescents [Press release]. Retrieved from youthwww0406.html

Message posted to an electronic mailing list
Smith, S. (2006, January 5). Re: Disputed estimates of IQ [Msg 670]. Message posted to ForensicNetwork electronic mailing list, archived at ensicNetwork/message/670

Weblog post bfy. (2007, January 22). Re: The unfortunate prerequisites and consequences of partitioning your mind. Message posted to

Sample Reference List References Calvillo, D. (1999). The theoretical development of aggression. Retrieved August 21, 2002 from: Flory, R. K., (1969a). Attack behavior as a function of minimum inter-food interval. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 12, Flory, R. K., (1969b). Attack behavior in a multiple fixed-ratio schedule of reinforcement. Psychonomic Science, 16, Flory, R. K., & Everist, H.D. (1977). The effect of a response requirement on schedule- induced aggression. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 9, Gentry, W. D. (1968). Fixed-ratio schedule-induced aggression. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 11,

APA Manual Website: www.apastyle.org
For More Information APA Manual Website:

Activity Arrange the bibliographic details provided to you according to APA.

Avoiding Plagiarism in Research

Plagiarism – Definition
Taking and using the thoughts, writings, and inventions of another person as one's own Using someone’s ideas without citing or quoting; thereby, receiving credit for someone else’s intellectual effort

How to avoid plagiarism
Use quotes for Information that comes directly from any source Words, spoken or written, that you use directly from another person Make sure you document the source

Plagiarism detection software

Penalties for teachers, researchers and staff
Dismissal from service Demotion to the next lower grade Warning Freezing of research grants Promotions/annual increments of the offender may be stopped University may debar the offender from sponsorship of research funding, travel grant, supervision of Ph.D. students, scholarship, fellowship or any other funded program Offender may be “Black Listed” and may NOT be eligible for employment in any academic / research organization Notification of “Black Listing” of the author may be published in the print media or may be publicized on different websites

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