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What is a Literature Review? Introduction The process of undertaking a literature review is an integral part of doing research. While this may be considered to be its primary function, the literature review is also an important tool that serves to inform and develop practice and invite dis-cussion in academic work.
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- PURPOSES OF A LITERATURE REVIEW
- WRITING A TARGETED LITERATURE REVIEW
- 1. EXPLAIN KEY TERMS & CONCEPTS
- 2. MOTIVATE YOUR RESEARCH
- ¡ plugging a gap / filling a hole within an incomplete literature
- WHEN TO WRITE THE LITERATURE REVIEW
- EVALUATING INDIVIDUAL SOURCES: START WITH SYMPATHY
- Sympathetic Questions:
- Critical (critique-able) Questions:
- TEN PRACTICAL TIPS
orient your reader by defining key concepts (theoretical) and/or providing relevant background (empirical) “motivate” your research, i.e. demonstrating the relevance of your project ¡ contribute effectively to science, a collective knowledge-building enterprise ¡ perform symbolic and strategic “solidarity” with others in the field
targeted literature review is NOT: ¡ a sophisticated evaluation of the entire literature or literatures related to your topic ¡ a set of thinly connected summaries of important related works haphazardly selected from many subfields targeted literature review IS: ¡ a carefully curated set of sources from a small number of subfield literatures ¡ a na...
¡ examine your research questions: do they contain any terms that need to be explained? (e.g. identity, discourse, culture, ideology, gender, narrative, collective memory) ¡ be aware that key definitions and background should be provided in the introduction to orient your reader to the topic. the literature review is the place to provide more exten...
in addition to providing useful information about your topic, your literature review must tell a story about how your project relates to existing literature. popular literature review narratives include:
¡ building a bridge between two “siloed” literatures, putting literatures ”in conversation” ¡ solving a puzzle when the literature contradicts itself
¡ you should absolutely begin the literature review as one of your first chapters ¡ start with key terms and empirical background ¡ make sure you can identify the 2-3 subfields most relevant to your project ¡ for those doing deeply inductive work, you may need to refine your literature review’s narrative after you complete your findings ¡ if you ar...
"In studying a philosopher, the right attitude is neither reverence nor contempt, but first a kind of hypothetical sympathy, until it is possible to know what it feels like to believe in his theories, and only then a revival of the critical attitude, which should resemble, as far as possible, the state of mind of a person abandoning opinions which ...
what is the author’s intent or goal for writing? what kind of article is the author writing? be aware of genre (e.g. lit. review, theory, empirical) be aware of field (e.g. sociology, health science). what knowledge does this article impart?
¡ Does the author achieve their stated goal? ¡ flawed vs. successful articles ¡ How far does this author’s argument/finding carry? ¡ limitations of research, scope conditions ¡ How does this research fit in the collective enterprise of knowledge? ¡ misunderstandings, elisions, opacities ¡ possible future directions, extensions
LITERATURE RE literature review “state of ≠ the field”
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A literature review is a critical, analytical summary and synthesis of the current knowledge of a topic. It should compare and relate different theories, findings, and so on, rather than just summarize them individually. It should also have a particular focus or theme to organize the review.
A literature review is a review or discussion of the current published material available on a particular topic. It attempts to synthesizeand evaluatethe material and information according to the research question(s), thesis, and central theme(s). In other words, instead of supporting an argument, or simply making a list of summarized research ...
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Statement of scope of literature review: Note your selection criteria for the review. Hint of how you will organize the literature and your discussion of it. Regional focus. Data range, sample. Chronological. Tip: Organize studies according to “common denominators”. Linkage II: Link studies to one another; stress relatedness of research on ...
literature review should situate the proposed research in the context of extant literature, and it should clearly identify how the proposed research will create new knowledge that enhances the existing knowledge about the topic. If a research question is the guardrails of our research, the literature review is the pavement on which we are ...
Where the emphasis is on an investigation or analysis of the literature (analytical evaluation) then your literature review is concentrating on the nature of the problem, its cause and effect as a basis for action to solve it. FORMATIVE When a literature review emphasizes explanation of what you believe the knowledge stemming from
