22/01/10 - Week 17 (02) - Literature Reviews

CALDER, G. 2010. Introduction to Research: Literature Reviews. MB/A25 UWN. 22 January 2010.

Our workshop at 3pm is with Heather Watkins in IBJ/A6

There are some Searching Skills optional workshops that we can attend in the library.

Fri 5 Feb 12-1pm
Mon 8 Feb 1-2pm
Tues 9 Feb 12-1pm
Wed 10 Feb 1-2pm

Literature Reviews

more about Literature reviews. It is an analysis of what has been written about the topic, not an analysis of the topic itself. It is analysis which encompasses different perspectives.

We have to locate (1), Assess Relevance (2), Show command of the subject (3), Show awareness of problematic or contested areas of the topic (4)

Gideon will post a couple of examples on the MLE - 1 good and 1 bad example

see slides for 11 features of a good review.

step 2 - context

eg. UK or worldwide; current or historical; limitations; language etc. use the context to decide on search parameters.

step 3 - search strategy

analyze topic, identify concepts and keywords.

search for all keywords at once

step 4 - consider synoynms and abbreviations

young people - teens - teenagers youth adolesence

ASBO

wider/narrower terms

Media = TV computer games internet newspapers etc

alternative spellings behaviour/behavior

correlaton v cause / effect relevance

use Boolean terms in search eg. violence AND media AND teenagers

teenagers NOT children

use wildcards
behavi?r (? or #)
viol*

use advanced search features eg EBSCO has an advanced search

record google search results and counts

PROMPT

P - presentation
R - Relevance
O - Objectivity
M - Method
P - Provenance
T - Timeline

Don't forget directed task DT2 is on MLE

Workshop
3pm IBJ/A6

Heather Watkins (Psychology Lecturer)

Topic - Sport and Exercise are good for your health

Intra library loans for journals

EBSCO

Define terms in the introduction

Sport - Exercise (are they different?)

Health - Well being, physical health

Use Signposting!!

setting the scene

Main body
identify research related to the question
evaluate/explain/describe
advantages/disadvantages
repeat for each piece of literature

conclusion - summary of what was just said!

all 3rd person!!

Remember Jim Fixx Phillipedes Guto Nyth Bran and the Great North Run

deadline 26 feb 2010

what went well

i did the dt1
iam 100% still

what could i have done differently

What did I learn?

what still puzzles me