Research in Color: A hands-on roadmap to literature reviews in the social sciences

by Frances Brady

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This workbook guides graduate students through the literature review process for a research course, dissertation, thesis, or publication. Through pragmatic and creative activities, students will find and evaluate sources, take effective notes, recognize patterns, and synthesize findings to prepare them for writing their literature reviews.

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Publisher
National Louis University
Subjects
Social Sciences
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Preface
  7. 1: Introduction
  8. 1.1: How to Use This Workbook
  9. 1.2: About Me
  10. 2: Check-In and Road Map
  11. 2.1: Learning Objectives
  12. 2.2: Create your Notebook
  13. 2.3: What Is Research to You?
  14. 2.4: Emotions and Research
  15. 2.5: Positionality and Research
  16. 2.6: Your Motivation
  17. 2.7: Define Literature Reviews
  18. 2.8: Chart Your Road Map (Lit Review Steps)
  19. 3: Develop Your Topic
  20. 3.1: Learning Objectives
  21. 3.2: Consider Your Interests
  22. 3.3: Visualize Your Topic- Venn Diagram
  23. 3.4: Explore Searches
  24. 3.5: Refine Your Topic with 5 Q's
  25. 3.6: Add Concept Circles to Venn Diagram
  26. 3.7: Brainstorm More Terms
  27. 3.8: Check-In
  28. 4: Find Citations
  29. 4.1: Learning Objectives
  30. 4.2: Meet with a Librarian
  31. 4.3: Select Where to Search
  32. 4.4: Translate Your Words to Database Terms
  33. 4.5: Combine Terms
  34. 4.6: Expand and Narrow Search Results
  35. 4.7: Evaluate Citations
  36. 4.8: Save Early and Often
  37. 4.9: Iterative Process
  38. 4.10: Check-In
  39. 5: Find Patterns
  40. 5.1: Learning Objectives
  41. 5.2: Defining Literature Reviews, Reprise
  42. 5.3: Scan Your Sources
  43. 5.4: Reading and Annotating Academic Texts
  44. 5.5: Take Notes
  45. 5.6: Connect Patterns across Sources
  46. 5.7: Check-In
  47. 6: Dive Deeper
  48. 6.1: Learning Objectives
  49. 6.2: Refine Your Topic
  50. 6.3: Revisit the Literature
  51. 6.4: Advanced Source Types
  52. 6.5: Research as Conversation
  53. 6.6: When to Stop Searching
  54. 6.7: Check-In
  55. 7: Add Your Voice
  56. 7.1: Learning Objectives
  57. 7.2: Adding Your Voice
  58. 7.3: Synthesizing Sources
  59. 7.4: Writing the Literature Review
  60. 7.5: Ethical Use of Information and APA 7 Citation
  61. 7.6: Information Ethics and Intellectual Property
  62. 7.7: Check-In
  63. 8: Continue the Journey
  64. 8.1: Celebrate & Check-In
  65. 8.2: Communicating Research- Presentations, Posters and Research Abstracts
  66. 8.3: Your Next Trail
  67. 9: Appendix- ADA Accommodation
  68. Back Matter
  69. Acknowledgements
  70. References
  71. Detailed Licensing
  72. Glossary
  73. Index
  74. Detailed Licensing