Why Do A Literature Search?
Helps in
Formulating a question
Narrowing a question
Starting to act on a question
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Self-Reflection and
Literature Searches
Reflection and Literature
Journaling Search
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Questions about causes of a problem
Questions about possible methods to investigate 2
Or…?????????????
You have already identified a method
you would like to try
What is the research base?
What are the variations?
Who has had experience trying this out
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Or…?????????????
You want to clarify your problem/focus
in order to
Describe a problem (elaboration)
Investigate the CAUSES of a problem
Investigate solutions others have tried for
the same problem
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One Approach
Key word search (www. askeric.org)
Print out options
Review/highlight relevant documents
Go to ProQuest
Go to other resources/locations if needed
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Remember….
Your literature search can be done
Online
Offline
From a book or journal article you found
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