Literature Review
Roberto Vargas
rvargas1@swarthmore.edu
The scholarly conversation
Research Paper
What the Lit Review is NOT!
Annotated Bibliography
Only a Summary
A book review
+Integrated analysis of scholarly writing
What the Lit Review is NOT
+Can be arranged thematically, chronologically or by questions
- A summary + an analysis
+Makes judgements on the literature:
- Identifies inconsistencies, gaps and contradictions in the literature
+Is guided by your perspective
i.e. If you write a lit review chronologically, you might be emphasizing how your topic has changed over time
- Highlights key findings
What the Lit Review is NOT
+Demonstrates why the topic is significant to education
+Discovers relationships between ideas/research
+Provides clues for future research
- Ensures that researches do not duplicate work that has already been done
-Areas to focus
+Demonstrates you are familiar with the topic
From: https://guides.library.vcu.edu/lit-review by Sergio Chaparro
Find the good & bad review
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 3
Article 7
Article 8
Article 5
Article 6
Article 3
Article 4
Article 1
Article 2
Article 1
Article 1
Article 2
Article 3
Article 3
Article 4
Article 4
Article 5
Article 6
Article 7
Article 7
Article 7
Article 8
INTRO
Why is it important?
How is it Organized?
How does it relate to other work?
Methods
Body
Headings/Subheadings
Critically analyze the research
Important trends
Present your connections
Conclusion
Indicate any further research
Summarize evidence
1- Social Explorer
Resources
2 - MLA Language Map
Assignment
3 - Philadelphia Inquirer
4 - Proquest
Overview
Overview
History
In depth description
To think about....
"... how many sources do you need to establish the importance of a theme? Twenty?... in a database containing millions of sentences, full-text search can turn up twenty examples of anything... this might strengthen confirmation bias."
-Ted Underwood,
Theorizing Research Practices We Forgot to Theorize Twenty Years Ago
Roberto Vargas
rvargas1@swarthmore.edu
http://guides.library.vcu.edu/lit-review
http://libguides.uwf.edu/c.php?g=215199&p=1420475
https://laverne.libguides.com/c.php?g=34942&p=222060
Big thanks to the following libguides:
ED152 - Lit Review + Research
By Swarthmore Reference
ED152 - Lit Review + Research
Presentation created for ED152 Honors seminar - created by RV
