LITERATURE REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS

LITERATURE REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS

1. Evaluating and slecting the literature

   • Is it a good, accurate source?
     • - It is really important the trust in published articles
       • - Considering main searches in order to find quality material. From the most important article to the less one
         • - Posing questions, recollecting info, the affirmations of authors have to be justified.
           • - Quantitative and qualitative aspects are matter, it bring us enough data
   • Is it relevant?
     • Topic relevance
       • Individual and site relevance
         • Problem and question relevance
           • Accessibility relevance

2. Organize the literature

   • Reproducing, Downloading, and filing
     • After locating different support material, it is so necessary to scan or download them
       • Organizing the literature by sources, topic, or merely key words
   • Taking notes and abstracting studies
     • Bearing in mind to take relevant notes
       • Main aspects in the article
         • - Questions - Info collection - Main results
         • Remembering specific details and don't plagiarizing
   • Constructing a literature map
     • Taking into account a diagram or an image
       • Convincing how important is our study
     • - Identifying key terms - Organizing data -Providing labels -Developing literature map - Pointing the propused study

3. Write a literature review

   • Using a style manual
     • It provides a structure for citing references, labeling headings and constructing tables
       • End-of-Text References
         • These references are listed at the end. APA form, double spaced, and listed alphabetically
       • Within-Text References
         • They are cited briefly in a format. APA style lists different conventions
       • Levels of headings
         • Taking into account the amount of topics. Headings provide to readers an understandable content

4. Writing strategies

   • Extend of the review
     • Keep in mind the duration of the literature review
   • Types of literature reviews
     • Determining how to structure summaries or main notes of articles
   • Concluiding statement of the review
     • It summarizes main topics and privides justification in the importance of the problem