| " ...the literature review both shows that you have done your homework and helps give your readers the background necessary to understand your own research." --- Rachel Singer Gordon
1. Choose a Topic
Example: high school graduation rates of English language learners
Tutorials and Guides:
Conducting a Literature Review in the Education and Behavioral Sciences
(Libraries of Adelphi University)
Search Strategy Tip 1:
Search "literature review" as a methodology |
Researching and Writing Literature Reviews
(University of Arizona Library)
Sources of Literature Reviews:
Annual Reviews journals
Review of Educational Research
Research Handbooks
2. Identify Keywords
Further Information: high school graduation rates of English language learners
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Search Strategy Tip 2:
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Search "literature reviews" as a subject heading/descriptor or thesaurus term.
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Cooper, H. (1998). Synthesizing Research: A Guide for Literature Reviews.
(call number H62 C5859)
Galvan, J.L. (1999). Writing Literature Reviews.
(call number H61.8 G3)
Hart, C. (1998). Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination (call number H62 H367)
3. Develop Synonyms
Example:
high school or secondary school
graduat* or diploma
English language learner or ELL or English as a second language or ESL
literature review or review of the literature or overview or systematic review or meta-analysis
4. Create a Search Strategy
Advanced search strategy:
(high school or secondary school) AND
(graduat* or diploma) AND
(English language learner or ELL or English as a second language or ESL)
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Search Strategy Tip 3:
Also search synonyms such as: "meta analysis"; "review of the literature"; "overview"; "systematic review"
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Last modified: 10/8/2010 4:22 PM by C. Cicchetti
