Chapter 3 – Conducting a literature review. In this chapter students will be able to: Compare insights from various scholarly articles, develop a clear purpose statement and research questions, make a case for your purpose statement and research questions, take notes in a manner useful to conducting a literature review. | Planning an Applied Research Project Chapter 3 – Conducting a Literature Review © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Objectives Compare insights from various scholarly articles Develop a clear purpose statement and research questions Make a case for your purpose statement and research questions Take notes in a manner useful to conducting a literature review © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Key Terms Abstract Annotation Annotated bibliography Bibliographical tools Literature review Order of reading a scholarly article Purpose of a literature review Perspective © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Definition of a Literature Review Description of the major findings in studies focusing on a particular topic Comparison of insights from various articles and different authors Picture of the patterns and gaps of scholarship on a topic Coherent essay synthesizing current scholarship © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All | Planning an Applied Research Project Chapter 3 – Conducting a Literature Review © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Objectives Compare insights from various scholarly articles Develop a clear purpose statement and research questions Make a case for your purpose statement and research questions Take notes in a manner useful to conducting a literature review © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Key Terms Abstract Annotation Annotated bibliography Bibliographical tools Literature review Order of reading a scholarly article Purpose of a literature review Perspective © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Definition of a Literature Review Description of the major findings in studies focusing on a particular topic Comparison of insights from various articles and different authors Picture of the patterns and gaps of scholarship on a topic Coherent essay synthesizing current scholarship © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Purposes of a Literature Review Provides background to your research design Demonstrates patterns of research Builds credibility for your design Prevents rediscovering the wheel Benefits from others’ work Expands your thinking of the purpose statement Assists in the analysis of your findings Makes a case for your purpose statement and research questions © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Finding Scholarly Articles Review your research questions and purpose statement Come up with key words and phrases that fit your purpose statement and research questions Search on your library website or using your local search engine to find articles Review the abstracts of the articles Save the ones that seem relevant © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Finding Scholarly Articles (cont’d) Start to build a bibliography of articles for your literature review Use one bibliography to give you names to search and titles of other articles Save the .
