880-01 Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Detailed Contents; Introduction to the Sixth Edition; Audience for This Book; Unique Features; Notes to the Instructor; About the Sixth Edition; Special Acknowledgment; Acknowledgments; Feedback; Chapter 1 Writing Reviews of Academic Literature: An Overview; An Introduction to Reviewing Primary Sources; Why Focus on Empirical Research Reports?; Another Kind of Primary Source: Theoretical Articles; Literature Review Articles; Anecdotal Reports; Reports on Professional Practices and Standards; The Writing Process
880-01/Zsym ✔ Guideline 6: Look for key statistics to use near the beginning of your literature review✔ Guideline 7: Pay special attention to review articles on your topic; ✔ Guideline 8: Prepare note cards with short notable quotations that might be used very sparingly in your review; ✔ Guideline 9: Look for methodological strengths; ✔ Guideline 10: Look for methodological weaknesses; ✔ Guideline 11: Distinguish between assertion and evidence; ✔ Guideline 12: Identify the major trends or patterns in the results of previous studies; ✔ Guideline 13: Identify gaps in the literature
Summary
? Guides students in the preparation of literature reviews for term projects, theses, and dissertations
