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The Literature Review

The Literature Review. Demonstrates your familiarity with existing knowledge in the field Directs readers to other literature of interest. Provides sources for your methods. Provides editors with a list of potential reviewers

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The Literature Review

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  1. The Literature Review • Demonstrates your familiarity with existing knowledge in the field • Directs readers to other literature of interest. • Provides sources for your methods. • Provides editors with a list of potential reviewers • Indicates your point of view, your discipline, your side of a controversy

  2. Big Question: Has anyone done research like what I’m planning to do? • Smaller specific questions: -What’s the importance of my research? -Why did I chose this methodology? -What parts of my results are supported by the results of others?

  3. Arkman. An image of Brownian motion. 10:06, 3 December 2006. From Wikipedia. Random walk. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_walk . Accessed 10/16/09

  4. The Process • Search by subject • Search by author • Search by organization • Follow references back in time • Follow references forward • Contact people

  5. PubMed Tips • Link from Dana, or bookmark that link • Advanced search -Details -Limits -MeSH Major Topic • Single Citation Matcher

  6. Google Scholar Tips • Scholar preferences: libraries, results per page • Use “”, ~, limit by date • Cited references • Try all routes to obtain the article

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