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The Literature Review3 edition
Six Steps To SuccessLawrence A. MachiBrenda T. McEvoy
Slide2Step Three: Search the Literature
Search Tasks and Tools
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Slide3CHAPTER OVERVIEW
Slide4Slide5TASK 2. CONDUCT A LITERATURE SEARCH
Slide6Activity 1. Managing Your Data
Bibliographic Documentation
Slide7Activity 2. Scanning the Literature
Slide8Activity 2. Scanning the Literature
Slide9Doing a Boolean Search
Slide10Online Academic Databases
Contents
EBSCO
Using several research databases, e-books, and e-journals, EBSCO provides an information service that covers several different subject areas in the social sciences.
GALE
GALE
offers a virtual reference library of encyclopedias, e-books, and monographs in its Gale Virtual Reference Library. GALE
Infotrac
provides full indexing and text export for periodicals across multiple disciplines.
JSTOR
JSTOR
is a digital library containing academic journals, books, and primary sources in both digital and print formats in the areas of social science, literature, education, the fine arts, mathematics, and science.
PROQUEST
ProQuest is a collection of databases covering international literature in social sciences; it
provides
an index and full text for articles from over 1,000 social science journals.
SAGE PREMIER
SAGE is a database
providing access to over 650 peer-reviewed, full-text journals published by SAGE in multiple academic disciplines, including social sciences and humanities
WORLDCAT/
FIRSTSEARCH
WORLDCAT is a central indexing system that includes 2,000 e-content collections containing articles, e-books, and other contents from databases such as EBSCO, GALE, and PROQUEST; it links over 1 billion electronic, digital, and physical resources from libraries worldwide.
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Slide11Activity 3. Skimming the Literature
Review the abstract or the text’s introduction.
Does this material address the topic?
If so, examine the table of contents or major subject headings.
Document the results.
Do a quick read of the selected areas of the text to find the relevant information.
Read the section at three to four times your normal rate.
Note the main ideas in the abstract section of the bibliographic entry card.
Check all glossaries, appendixes, and other information in the end matter of the book.
Slide12Activity 4. Mapping Your Materials
Slide13Core Idea Map
The core idea, or descriptor, is in the center and serves as the central idea.
Each of the categories or parts of the core idea should be sketched as a supporting idea.
These parts can be theoretical positions, definitions, or descriptive categories.
Various arrangements are possible, such as type, theme, or chronology, depending on the particular research question.
Break down each of the subsidiary ideas into individual categories, such as research studies, theories, definitions, or examples.
Slide14Activity 4. Mapping Your Materials
Slide15Mapping by Author Contribution
Choose author and pertinent sections of the bibliographic entry card.
Record on your map the relevant ideas and details from the text, organizing them by content, theory explanation, or chapter headings and subheadings.
Record the relationships among the texts depicted on the author map by connection
Compare theories.
Cross-reference subject information.
Develop chronological connections among texts.
Place additional information on author maps, including page number references, notable quotes, and other authors or texts.
Slide16Mapping by Author Contribution Example
Slide17Activity 5. Creating Subject Memoranda
Slide18TASK 3. REFINE YOUR TOPIC
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