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RESEARCH PROPOSAL:
HOW TO REVIEW THE LITERATURE MNGT 583 - Özge Can
Basics...
Are there any past studies relevant to your research topic and question?
The logic of literature review:
Knowledge accumulates (principle of science) We can learn from and build on what others have done
Goals of a Literature Review:
To demonstrate a familiarity with a body of knowledge To integrate and summarize what is known in an area To show the path of prior research and how a current project is linked to it To learn from others and stimulate new ideas
Where to Find Literature Review?
You can find reports of research studies in several formats:
Periodicals
Scholarly journal articles
Books
Dissertations
Government documents
Policy reports and presented papers
Periodicals
Newspapers, popular magazines, Internet news, tv or radio broadcasts
Not complete, full reports of research studies Selected, condensed summaries for general audience We need to move from these popular, lay sources and rely on serious scholarly publications
Where do professional researchers present their study results?
In one of the following forms:
Articles in scholarly journals
Academic research books
Chapters in edited academic books
Papers presented in professional meetings/ academic conferences
Scholarly Journals
The primary source to use for a literature review:
peer-reviewed
reports of research: Criticized and reviewed by other professional researchers. As a result of this review, they are either accepted or rejected by the journal.
Scholarly Journals
Full text of some scholarly journal articles available on internet
Google Scholar (Google Akademik)
But usually access from internet is limited and require subscription fees
Best and easiest way to reach them =>
Online article search engines at your library Academic databases:
Proquest, EBSCO HOST, ...
Scholarly Journals
Citation =>
details of a scholarly publication’s location that helps people to find it quickly
Abstract =>
A short summary of a scholarly journal article that appears ath its beginning
Citation Example:
Citation in APA Style:
Ruef, M., and Patterson, K. (2009). Credit and Classification: The Impact of Industry Boundaries in Nineteenth-century America. Administrative Science Quarterly 54, 486-520.
Abstract Example:
Books
Best type of books for literature review:
containing reports of original research or collections of them
You should distinguish this type of books from other books (e.g. textbooks, encyclopedias, story books, novels, fiction) Libraries have research-related books: Citation info for them available in the library’s catalog system
Dissertations and Government Documents
Dissertation => A work of original research completed in order to receive doctor of philosophy (Ph.D) degree Specialized indexes listing dissertations
YÖK Ulusal Tez Merkezi
Government documents =>
Turkish government, governments of other countries, United Nations, World Bank, OECD.
Policy Reports and Presented Papers
Policy Reports => published by research institutes, policy centers and other relevant associations Presented Papers => Research presented in annual academic meetings (conferences). Lots of researchers assemble to give, listen to or discuss recent research Written papers as well as oral presentation
How to Conduct a Literature Review?
1. Define and refine the topic
A clearly defined, well-focused research question
2. Design/plan the review
Planning the review strategy: its extensiveness, types of mateirlas to include, how much tome you have, number of research that you’ll examine
3. Locate the research reports
Scholarly journals, books, other
How to Evaluate Research Articles?
After you locate a published study, you need
to read and evaluate it!
1. Examine the title 2. Read the abstract 3. Read the article 4. Take notes about the study
How to Take Notes?
As you discover new sources, you may want to create two types of files:
a source file =>
only bibliographic citations
a content file =>
summary of hypotheses tested, study’s major findings, its methodology, key concepts and their measurement, the sample used, ideas for future studies Then you organize them: How these findings fit together?
What are the gaps and interesting questions?
Accessing to Literature:
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Yaşar University – Information Center:
http://bm.yasar.edu.tr/en/
Catalog Search:
http://kutuphane.yasar.edu.tr/yordam.htm
Databases:
http://bm.yasar.edu.tr/en/databases/subscribed databases/
Google Akademik (Google Scholar):
http://scholar.google.com.tr/
Google Kitaplar (Google Books):
http://books.google.com.tr/