RESEARCH PROPOSAL: How To review the literature

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RESEARCH PROPOSALHow To review the literature

• MNGT 583 - Özge Can

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Basics...

• Are there any past studies relevant to your
  research topic and question?
• The logic of literature review
• Knowledge accumulates (principle of science)
• We can learn from and build on what others have
  done

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Goals of a Literature Review

• To demonstrate a familiarity with a body of
  knowledge
• To integrate and summarize what is known in an
  area
• To show the path of prior research and how a
  current project is linked to it
• To learn from others and stimulate new ideas

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Where to Find Literature Review?

• You can find reports of research studies in
  several formats
• Periodicals
• Scholarly journal articles
• Books
• Dissertations
• Government documents
• Policy reports and presented papers

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Periodicals

• Newspapers, popular magazines, Internet news, tv
  or radio broadcasts
• Google
• Not complete, full reports of research studies
• Selected, condensed summaries for general
  audience
• We need to move from these popular, lay sources
  and rely on serious scholarly publications

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Where do professional researchers present their
study results?

• In one of the following forms
• Articles in scholarly journals
• Academic research books
• Chapters in edited academic books
• Papers presented in professional meetings/
  academic conferences

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Scholarly Journals

• The primary source to use for a literature
  review
• peer-reviewed reports of research Criticized and
  reviewed by other professional researchers. As a
  result of this review, they are either accepted
  or rejected by the journal.

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Scholarly Journals

• Full text of some scholarly journal articles
  available on internet
• Google Scholar (Google Akademik)
• But usually access from internet is limited and
  require subscription fees
• Best and easiest way to reach them gt
• Online article search engines at your library
• Academic databases Proquest, EBSCO HOST, ...

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Scholarly Journals

• Citation gt details of a scholarly publications
  location that helps people to find it quickly
• Abstract gt A short summary of a scholarly
  journal article that appears ath its beginning

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Citation Example

• Citation in APA Style
• Ruef, M., and Patterson, K. (2009). Credit and
  Classification The Impact of Industry Boundaries
  in Nineteenth-century America. Administrative
  Science Quarterly 54, 486-520.

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Abstract Example
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Books

• Best type of books for literature review
• containing reports of original research or
  collections of them
• You should distinguish this type of books from
  other books (e.g. textbooks, encyclopedias, story
  books, novels, fiction)
• Libraries have research-related books
• Citation info for them available in the librarys
  catalog system

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Dissertations and Government Documents

• Dissertation gt A work of original research
  completed in order to receive doctor of
  philosophy (Ph.D) degree
• Specialized indexes listing dissertations
• YÖK Ulusal Tez Merkezi
• Government documents gt Turkish government,
  governments of other countries, United Nations,
  World Bank, OECD.

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Policy Reports and Presented Papers

• Policy Reports gt published by research
  institutes, policy centers and other relevant
  associations
• Presented Papers gt Research presented in annual
  academic meetings (conferences).
• Lots of researchers assemble to give, listen to
  or discuss recent research
• Written papers as well as oral presentation

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How to Conduct a Literature Review?

• 1. Define and refine the topic
• A clearly defined, well-focused research question
• 2. Design/plan the review
• Planning the review strategy its extensiveness,
  types of mateirlas to include, how much tome you
  have, number of research that youll examine
• 3. Locate the research reports
• Scholarly journals, books, other

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How to Evaluate Research Articles?

• After you locate a published study, you need to
  read and evaluate it!
• 1. Examine the title
• 2. Read the abstract
• 3. Read the article
• 4. Take notes about the study

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How to Take Notes?

• As you discover new sources, you may want to
  create two types of files
• a source file gt only bibliographic citations
• a content file gt summary of hypotheses tested,
  studys major findings, its methodology, key
  concepts and their measurement, the sample used,
  ideas for future studies
• Then you organize them
• How these findings fit together?
• What are the gaps and interesting questions?

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Accessing to Literature

• Yasar University Information Center
• http//bm.yasar.edu.tr/en/
• Catalog Search http//kutuphane.yasar.edu.tr/yord
  am.htm
• Databases http//bm.yasar.edu.tr/en/databases/sub
  scribed-databases/
• Google Akademik (Google Scholar)
• http//scholar.google.com.tr/
• Google Kitaplar (Google Books)
• http//books.google.com.tr/