lestremau session 1: finding information
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Understanding the Lit Review
Steps to creating a Lit Review
Practice
Resources & Q&A
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What is a literature review?
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LITERATURE REVIEW
A summary and evaluation of significant research on a particular subject. Lit reviews are often at the
beginning of a larger research article, to introduce a topic and provide its
history and development.
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What is the purpose of a literature review?
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PURPOSE OF A LIT REVIEW
• Provide context for a research paper• Explore the history and development of
a topic• Examine the scholarly conversation
surrounding the topic• Shows relationships between studies• Examines gaps in research on the topic
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PURPOSE OF A LIT REVIEW
A literature review is not simply a summary of different articles written on a topic. It should take a critical eye
to published research to provide insight, and make connections.
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What counts as literature?
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WHAT COUNTS AS LITERATURE?
Everything relevant that is written on a topic*
• books• journal articles• newspaper articles• historical records• government reports• theses and dissertations, etc.
*Your professor may have specific guidelines as to what type of materials you may include.
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STEPS TO THE LITERATURE REVIEW
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FIND YOUR SOURCES
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Research Question
What is the effect of lack of after-school activities on minority students in urban
schools?
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Identify the Key Concepts
What is the effect of lack of after-school activities on minority students in urban
schools?
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Identify the Key Concepts
What is the effect of lack of after-school activities on minority students in urban
schools?
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… and connect your search terms
AND OR
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After-school
activities
ANDnarrows your search by connecting concepts
UrbanUrban
After-
school
activities
After-school activities AND Urban
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Urban
AND
After-school activities
Minority
AND
ANDnarrows your search by connecting concepts
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But what if…
…you get too few results?
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Identify alternative keywords
• Synonyms or related words•Medical, legal, scientific alternatives• Explore Google and Wikipedia• Ask a friend• Thesaurus.com
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OR: Broadens Search By Connecting Similar Words
UrbanORCityOR
MetropolitanOR
Inner-city
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After-school
activities
UrbanORCity
AND and OR together
UrbanORCity
After-school
activities
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PRACTICE
Complete 1 and 2
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Where do you search?
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WHERE SHOULD YOU SEARCH?
• Research Guide for Education: guides.library.jhu.edu/education
• Databases used for other assignments
• Sources you know are reliable.
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PRACTICE
Complete 3
Conduct a Search
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READ YOUR SOURCES
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What makes a source “good”? What clues do
you look for?