Simple Steps to Completing a Literature Review

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Simple Steps to Completing a Literature Review 2.1 Why worry about a literature review? Teaching Research Methods: Resources for HE Social Sciences Practitioners

Step One: Decide what research question you are actually asking. Helps to define the literature search within useful limits Teaching Research Methods: Resources for HE Social Sciences Practitioners

Step Two: Consult secondary sources of information first. Text books, encyclopaedias etc. More user friendly, signposts reader to relevant information / research Teaching Research Methods: Resources for HE Social Sciences Practitioners

Step Three: Determine your descriptors and search terms (terms that help to locate sources of information). E.g. ‘Attitudes towards aggression in sport Teaching Research Methods: Resources for HE Social Sciences Practitioners

Step Four: Search preliminary sources i.e. general sources, via computer searches etc. Abstracts and indexes / search engines Bibliographies Computer catalogues Computer searches Teaching Research Methods: Resources for HE Social Sciences Practitioners

Step Five: Read and record the literature (read, understand and record the relevant information). ‘No matter how many years you save an item, you will never need it until after you have thrown it away!’ (Murphys’ Law) Teaching Research Methods: Resources for HE Social Sciences Practitioners

When reading and making notes Consider the following: Statement of the problem Subject characteristics Instruments and tests used (reliability & validity) Testing procedures Independent and dependent variables Treatments applied Design and statistical analysis Findings and questions it raises Citations to other relevant papers. Teaching Research Methods: Resources for HE Social Sciences Practitioners

Write the Literature review! Step Six: Write the Literature review! Three main parts: Introduction Main body of text Summary and conclusions, aims and hypothesis Teaching Research Methods: Resources for HE Social Sciences Practitioners

PLAN! Where to Start? Think about: Key points and headings What order should it take? What literature do you have or still need to get and where does this fit in your plan? Teaching Research Methods: Resources for HE Social Sciences Practitioners