Р. П. Мильруд Доктор педагогических наук, профессор кафедры иностранных языков
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14. Answer the questions: 1. How do you think Geoff’s view of the purpose of undertaking a literature review changed? 2. What specific skills did Geoff develop in the course of preparing the review? 3. Why do you think Geoff’s friend recorded everything she had read in a database rather than just those articles she felt would definitely be of use to her dissertation? 4. How could Geoff have made better use of Internet search engines in researching his topic? PROGRESSING YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT Critically reviewing the literature • Consider your research questions and objectives. Use your lecture notes, course textbooks and relevant review articles to define both narrow and broader parameters of your literature search considering language, subject area, geo- graphical area, publication period and literature type. • Generate key words and search terms using one or a variety of techniques such as reading, brainstorming and relevance trees. Discuss your ideas widely, including with your project tutor and colleagues. • Start your search using both database and printed tertiary sources to identify relevant secondary literature. Be- gin with those tertiary sources that abstract and index academic journal articles and books. At the same time, obtain relevant literature that has been referenced in articles you have already read. • Expand your search via other sources such as the Internet and by browsing and scanning. • Obtain copies of relevant items, read them and make notes. Remember also to record bibliographic details, a brief description of the content and supplementary information on an index card or in your reference database. • Start drafting your critical review as early as possible keeping in mind its purpose. • Continue to search the literature throughout your research project to ensure that your review remains up to date. жүктеу/скачать 0.69 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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