1. Literature Review Getting started

2. “ a researcher cannot perform significant research without first understanding the literature in the field ” (Boote & Beile, 2005)

3. What is a literature review? “ compilation of the research that has been published on a topic by recognized scholars and researchers ” Chapel Hill Libraries (n.d.)

4. Why do a literature review? Overview of the field – what has already been said on the topic – Identify key researchers & research groups – Identify theories and hypotheses what questions are being asked, and what methodologies and methods are appropriate and useful.

5. Why do a literature review? Positions your research – how existing ideas fit into your thesis or article – strengths and weaknesses of existing ideas – Shows how your thesis agrees or differs from existing research ideas

6. What counts as literature? All Relevant information written on a topic: – books, journal & conference articles, newspaper articles, historical records, government reports, theses and dissertations, etc.

7. Conducting a literature review Define topic – Identify keywords Search – Find relevant literature Read – Make notes Synthesize Write

8. Start by defining the scope The literature review must be defined by a guiding concept: – research objective – the problem or issue you are discussing

10. Ways to start the search process Supervisor – Keywords – Key journals – Research group publications Reference search – Google Scholar Citation search – Web of Science

11. Hyperlink-Induced Topic Search (HITS) Hubs and Authorities PageRank

12. In informative or descriptive writing, you use relevant literature to support the discussion in a literature review, the literature itself is the subject of discussion. Introduction Body Conclusion logical and cohesive LR structure

13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2d7y_r65HU Video on literature reviews

14. http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/how_do_i/resear ching/conduct_a_literature_review.html http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/how_do_i/resear ching/conduct_a_literature_review.html http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/writing/l iterature http://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/writing/l iterature (http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html)http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html Chapel Hill Libraries. (n.d.). “Conducting a literatue reivew? University of North Carolina. Retreived 28 October 2012 from http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/how_do_i/resear ching/conduct_a_literature_review.html

15. A review of the literature is a compilation of the research that has been published on a topic by recognized scholars and researchers. In writing the literature review, your purpose is to convey to your reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and weaknesses might be.

16. "In writing the literature review, the purpose is to convey to the reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. The literature review must be defined by a guiding concept (eg. your research objective, the problem or issue you are discussing, or your argumentative thesis). It is not just a descriptive list of the material available, or a set of summaries. (http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html)http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html