Debbies ‘how to write Debbies ‘how to write a lit review’ guidea lit review’ guide

Debbies ‘how to write Debbies ‘how to write a lit review’ guidea lit review’ guide

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PowerPoint's!PowerPoint's!

My comments areon each slide in pink

like this!

(a) Research Question

(shortish say 25words)

Then a background paragraph

Why is this of interest to you?

(200 words)Location/context

Of research(300 words)

Literature (1000 words)

‘orrible ‘ologies(200/300)

Possible methods (300/500)

Ethical considerations(300)Timeline/plan/

with short commentary100/200

Word count stops!

References & appendix

Mapped version of your project proposal

Remind yourself of where the lit review

fits in to the whole work

Literature review • This site blogs an emergent

literature review by student Kate

http://litreview.pbworks.com/w/page/18059710/FrontPage

Step 1 see how the

process works

Step 2 Please work through these youtube tutorials

Finding literature

Finding relevant literature can be made easier if you are able to readily access and draw on a wide variety of resources such as:– reference materials– books– journals – newspapers (not tabloids!!) fun exercise here:– http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/LMBS/quickstart/pop

_uknewspapers.htm

– official publications Unistats is a good one http://unistats.direct.gov.uk/

– archives

Step 3Get your literature

Annotating Sources

Annotating your sources provides you with a record of relevant literature. It should include:

– Full bibliographic details– Who is the author and audience – a short summary – critical commentary – notes on relevance that remind you of the

significance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited

Step 4notes

When taking notes on

the reading include:

This is how I start with mine!

Step 5Start to arrange into themesAs you read and make notes

start to map out links

Working with LiteratureWorking with Literature

Find it! Manage it! Use it! Review it!

Types of literature

Available resources

Developing research

skills

Reading critically

Keeping notes

Reflecting on what you read

Choosing topic

Developing RQ

Theory based

Design methods

Ensure depth

Ensure relevance

Ensure range

Or work throughthese stages if you like a

more organisedapprach

Then we start to write!• Map out/plan the paragraphs you think you need to cover eg example headings ***this is not a definitive list!(I write with headings and then take them out!)• introduction (write this last!) • Definitions/ main ideas about my topic paragraph• Who has written already about my topic? (were they any good?)• Paragraph on history of my topic• Contested areas about my topic• More• More• More• More • Concluding comments on my topic• What I would still need to cover on my topic for next year

HINT open academic phrasebank and use to help you start your paragraphshttp://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/

Step 6

Freewriting

Peter Elbow (1998) argues that free-writing encourages students to write at length without fear of censorship. Benefits include:

• Freedom to explore a topic• Demonstrates knowledge• Encourages understandingSpelling & grammar (3 min): http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlL5W2qA0EAOn writing (9min):• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDUn1c4uxUE

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Starting to writeMap out your main

paragraphs thenfreewrite one at a time

Step 7

HINT: try working in 30 minute blocks of time

Step 8 After freewriting and redrafting, use a different 30 minute block to polish your paragraph – work though youtube clips above

Finally!

• Draft, edit, proof read, insert into your main document

• Make sure you have used the harvard referencing system (multi – media examples available on the blog) plus Anglia Ruskin library pages have a step-by-step guide

• Write up the full reference list to add to the end of your complete document – it doesn’t count towards the final word count

Step 9

Good luck! And don’t forget – you are all smart students and

can ALL do this!

Resources:• LearnHigher – gateway to lots of online tutorials

http://learnhigher.ac.uk/Students/Information-literacy.html • OU guide to information literacyhttp://www.open.ac.uk/safari/index.phpUniversity of Chichester – more online tutorials

http://www.chiuni.ac.uk/academicskills/online.cfm • Debbies’ research project – developing digital literacy

skills under evaluation – please do let me know what you think!

http://hermes.tvu.ac.uk/learnerjourney

Please select which resources

you need further help with from here….