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How To Do A Literature Review: An Overview Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library

Outline of session Questions Surrounding Search What is a literature review? Why review the literature? Plan your search/Keywords/Boolean Catalogs/Databases Citation Formats Snowballing/Tracking Citations Research Exercise Web Resources A good literature review…

How does Google Search work?

Google Search PageRank (algorithm) –500 million variables –2 Billion Terms Bias? Popularity is a Proxy for Importance

Personalized Search Google’s algorithm will suggest “what is best for you” – based on past searches. It’s as if we looked up the same topic in an encyclopedia and each found different entries.

Personalized Search Find information that is most likely to reinforce your own worldview We begin to lose dissenting opinion/conflicting points of view Yet search seems neutral, objective, unbiased.

Personalized Search & the Internet When ideology drives the dissemination of information, knowledge is compromised. Inadvertently we indoctrinate ourselves with our own ideas. Google is likely to direct you to material with which you already agree.

SO WHAT?

What are the repercussions for research carried out in an environment where Search itself is being compromised?

Best Researchers A major error is to look only for sources whose ideas, findings, or arguments they already agree Do not start out to prove “X” Start out to find out about “X”

Topics Adoption, Malpractice, Bars on campus, The effects of marijuana on the body, The state of Texas succeeding from the union, The use of social media and the decrease of test scores, Adoption among gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender, Child abuse and wealthy families, Child soldiers be treated as adults in battle, Abusive relationships, Milligram study

What is a literature review? “… a systematic…method for identifying, evaluating and interpreting the …work produced by researchers, scholars and practitioners.” FINK, A., Conducting literature research reviews: from paper to the internet. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage., p.3.

Why review the literature? “…without it you will not acquire an understanding of your topic, of what has already been done on it, how it has been researched, and what the key issues are.” HART, E., Doing a literature review: releasing the social science research imagination, by E. Hart and M. Bond. London: Sage., p.1.

Major Concerns Right keywords to search Narrowing the search Using the library effectively

Define what you want to know “I am looking for literature and data that focus on the problems posed by child soldiers as combatants, as well as issues of rehabilitation. ” Use this statement to choose keywords and key phrases

Identifying Keywords Identify the significant terms and concepts that describe your topic from your thesis statement or research question. These terms will become the key for searching catalogs, databases and search engines for information about your subject.

Define key words and phrases Child Soldiers Combatants Rehabilitation

Boolean AND = Narrow OR = Expand NOT = Exclude

Video

Class Exercise Keyword Building Exercise Topic: Child Soldiers Thesaurus.com

Child Soldiers Killers Combatants Issues Ideology Solutions War Crimes VictimsTraining

Catalogs: List of Books Al Harris Catalog Open WorldCat Ebrary

E-Books: EbraryEbrary 24/7 Full Text Searching* Highlight Markup Note Taking Online Bookshelf Chapter Results

Choose Appropriate Databases Google is not (usually) the answer Start with Library Resources for your Subject First Search a range of databases Think about the range of sources: books, journal articles, statistics, websites, conference reports…

JSTOR Includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Search by discipline: Sociology

EBSCOhost Databases: Academic Search Complete PsycARTICLES SocINDEX with Full Text TOPICsearch

Working with EBSCOhost Create a Folder Narrow Your Search –Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals –Filter by Publication Date –Filter by Subject:Thesaurus Term –Filter by Publication Cited References

We think of citation patterns as the flow of information," says Carl Bergstrom, a biologist at the University of Washington. "That's what a citation is — the trace that an idea flowed from one place to another."

Snowballing Building on the works of others A scholarly article will always have References/Bibliography A bibliography is always ripe for the picking…

Understanding Basic Citation Formats Book citation: Goldstein, Arnold P. Delinquent Gangs: a Psychological Perspective. Champaign, Ill.: Research Press, Periodical citation: Lyon, Jean-Marie, Scott Henggele, and James A. Hall. “The Family Relations, Peer Relations, and Criminal Activities of Caucasian and Hispanic- American Gang Members.” Journal of Abnormal Psychology 20 (1992):

Bibliography

Tracking Citations Wild, D. (2003, March). GOING TO WAR: A LITERATURE REVIEW. Emergency Nurse, 10 (10), 18. Retrieved June 4, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database

Tracking Citations Wild, D. (2003, March). GOING TO WAR: A LITERATURE REVIEW. Emergency Nurse, 10 (10), 18. Retrieved June 4, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database

The Citation Video

Class Exercise Citation Worksheet Identify Citation as Book (B) or Journal (J) Locate Item in Catalog or Database Identify name of Catalog or Database

GoogleGoogle: Improve Your Searches Site Specific Command What it does: searches only specific domains What to type: Child Soldiers site:edu Child Soldiers site:gov

OpenThesis & OAIster OpenThesis - A free repository of theses, dissertations, and other academic documents.OpenThesis OAIster - A union catalog of millions of records representing open archive scholarly digital resources.OAIster

Evaluate what you read Think about… Relevance to your topic Intended audience Currency of the information Coverage of the topic Accuracy of the information Authority of the author or information source Level of objectivity of the author

A good literature review… Goes beyond simply listing relevant literature Is a critical essay Assesses the range of literature available Is a critical summary of the literature Examines the background against which your own research is set Forms a significant section of your dissertation

A good literature review… Offers opinions and personal response to the different writings Relates different writings to each other, compares and contrasts Does not take the literature at face value Shows an awareness of the theories and values that underpin the research Uses particular language: authors assert, argue, state, conclude, contend

Research Exercise Video

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