DPA Library Workshop pt. I

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DPA Library Workshop pt. I

• Thomas Arendall-Salvetti
• tarendall-salvetti_at_ubalt.edu
• 410-837-4275
• October 14, 2006

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1. Literature Reviews
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1. Literature Reviews

• Purpose
• Structure

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Purpose
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Useful because

• Give historical perspective
• Prevent duplication
• Evaluate research methods
• Relate findings
• Suggest further research
• University of Melbourne
• http//www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/postgrad/litreview/g
  ettingstarted.html

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Good Lit Reviews...

• are not
• annotated bibliographies!

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Good Lit Reviews...

• Analyze
• Compare and Contrast
• Show consensus disagreement
• Highlight the best
• Highlight gaps
• University of Melbourne
• http//www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/postgrad/litreview/g
  ettingstarted.html

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Structure
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Steps

• Define research area
• Find literature
• Evaluate literature
• Organize literature
• Write it!

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Define research area

• Your project
• Main ideas
• Population
• Geography
• Methods
• Narrower/Broader topics

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Identify Types of Lit

• Scholarly
• Popular

• Peer-Reviewed Journal
• Dissertation
• Conference Paper
• Technical Report
• Book (average)
• Magazine
• Newspaper
• Webpage (average)

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Find Literature

• Go beyond Web
• Librarys Online Databases
• Go beyond UB

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Find Literature

• See Part 3 of the workshop!

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Evaluating Literature

• Look at Subject Matter
• Main ideas
• Population
• Geography

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Evaluating Literature

• Look at Methodology
• Sampling
• Data Collection
• Data Analysis

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Evaluating Literature

• Look at the Outcome
• Results
• Conclusions
• Implications
• Recommendations

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Organizing Literature

• Not just
• Smith said then
• Miller said then
• Baker said

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Organizing Literature

• Organize conceptually
• Theories
• Concepts/issues
• Methodology
• Support for your theory
• Boston College. (2005). Write a Literature
  Review. Retrieved Oct. 14, 2006 from
  http//www.bc.edu/libraries/research/howdoi/s-litr
  eview/phase5

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Write it!

• Good luck!