{"id":30,"date":"2021-10-22T11:47:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T11:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/chapter\/methods-involved-in-conducting-reviews\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T13:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T13:56:47","slug":"methods-involved-in-conducting-reviews","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/chapter\/methods-involved-in-conducting-reviews\/","title":{"raw":"Literature Reviews","rendered":"Literature Reviews"},"content":{"raw":"<a id=\"\" href=\"\"><\/a>A<strong> literature review<\/strong> is an integrative summary of published research on a specific topic. The literature review seeks to [pb_glossary id=\"143\"]synthesize [\/pb_glossary] what is already known about the topic, and sometimes, explicitly state what is not known, or not well understood.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_455\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"486\"]<img src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/graduatereviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/10\/51338383751_eaa75abcd6_o-1-scaled-e1637179070156-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"Student studying on a tablet. He has his head resting on his left hand and holding and stylus pen in the other. \" width=\"486\" height=\"383\" class=\"wp-image-455\"> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/192004829@N02\/51338383751\/in\/photolist-2mdACTr-T7uADw-8xiEr8-2kDNYtU-2kDJPg4-2jWSdbz-2mknBqL-9kVqtS-2mkfocT-2iV63Yp-54Y3TV-2kt2NuM-2koirz8-oLd2j1-q1zGCi-gudaen-2mfQ1kB-2kL3GRo-2j7fKBu-2iWWaTM-SFo7H2-2k1Qpc7-2jJgwEk-2jGpQ9h-2jGFjb6-2k2wZ8y-2iUBGPM-9kVqu5-qkm8jB-2k28zPf-2jWVSKq-2jZ7jdK-2j9tg1H-2jqcJzS-2jGKCnx-2jJ6WLX-2jjMRTQ-2jJgwAs-2jGgMwS-2jJhzmi-cJQ8Vb-2jixsLe-2jBoyas-2je5SeX-2jBmnbH-SuaWLW-2jbUEXP-2jbRYnr-2juNezD-2juJj2p\">Remote Learning Online- A young adult taking online classes.<\/a> By Flickr user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/192004829@N02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Focal Project<\/a>. Licensed under Creative Commons <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\"><span class=\"cc-license-identifier\">CC BY-NC 2.0<\/span><\/a><\/span>[\/caption]\n\nThe following are the key characteristics of a literature review:\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">It contains a clear research question\/problem that it is trying to answer.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>It is not a list<\/strong> describing or summarizing one piece of literature after another.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is organized into sections that present themes or identify trends, including relevant theory related to the research question.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Example<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nA literature review may serve as a stand-alone piece or article such as this article by Francisco Javier P\u00e9rez Latre et al., on <a href=\"https:\/\/revistas.unav.edu\/index.php\/communication-and-society\/article\/view\/36221\">Social Networks[footnote]Citation: P\u00e9rez-Latre, F. J., Portilla, I., &amp; S\u00e1nchez-Blanco, C. (2011). Social networks, media and audiences: A literature review. Communication &amp; Society, (24)1, 63-74.https:\/\/revistas.unav.edu\/index.php\/communication-and-society\/article\/view\/36221 *Communication &amp; Society is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0. [\/footnote] <\/a>\n\nHowever, more often a literature review is part of a larger research publication such as this example from Nia Contini et al., on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/22423982.2021.1969744\"> Boating-related fatalities in the Northwest Territories<\/a>[footnote]Citation Nia Contini, Audrey R. Giles, Gordon Giesbrecht &amp; Tyrone Raddi (2021) The adaptation of the beyond cold water bootcamp course for Inuvialuit communities in Northwest Territories, Canada, International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 80:1, DOI: 10.1080\/22423982.2021.1969744[\/footnote]\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1><a id=\"WhyAreLiteratureReviewsImportant\" href=\"\"><\/a>Why Are Literature Reviews Important?<\/h1>\nLiterature reviews help authors and readers build their knowledge about a specific topic by synthesizing research on the subject. Literature reviews use published research to provide context to the topic and may expose debates within the field, gaps in the research, or provide a summary and analysis of research to date on the topic.\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nLiterature reviews are not a summary of a couple of sources you found on your topic.\u00a0 Your review should present themes or identify trends, including relevant theory found in the literature you reviewed.\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p><a id=\"\" href=\"\"><\/a>A<strong> literature review<\/strong> is an integrative summary of published research on a specific topic. The literature review seeks to <button class=\"glossary-term\" aria-describedby=\"30-143\">synthesize <\/button> what is already known about the topic, and sometimes, explicitly state what is not known, or not well understood.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/graduatereviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/263\/2021\/10\/51338383751_eaa75abcd6_o-1-scaled-e1637179070156-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"Student studying on a tablet. He has his head resting on his left hand and holding and stylus pen in the other.\" width=\"486\" height=\"383\" class=\"wp-image-455\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/192004829@N02\/51338383751\/in\/photolist-2mdACTr-T7uADw-8xiEr8-2kDNYtU-2kDJPg4-2jWSdbz-2mknBqL-9kVqtS-2mkfocT-2iV63Yp-54Y3TV-2kt2NuM-2koirz8-oLd2j1-q1zGCi-gudaen-2mfQ1kB-2kL3GRo-2j7fKBu-2iWWaTM-SFo7H2-2k1Qpc7-2jJgwEk-2jGpQ9h-2jGFjb6-2k2wZ8y-2iUBGPM-9kVqu5-qkm8jB-2k28zPf-2jWVSKq-2jZ7jdK-2j9tg1H-2jqcJzS-2jGKCnx-2jJ6WLX-2jjMRTQ-2jJgwAs-2jGgMwS-2jJhzmi-cJQ8Vb-2jixsLe-2jBoyas-2je5SeX-2jBmnbH-SuaWLW-2jbUEXP-2jbRYnr-2juNezD-2juJj2p\">Remote Learning Online- A young adult taking online classes.<\/a> By Flickr user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/192004829@N02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Focal Project<\/a>. Licensed under Creative Commons <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\"><span class=\"cc-license-identifier\">CC BY-NC 2.0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The following are the key characteristics of a literature review:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">It contains a clear research question\/problem that it is trying to answer.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>It is not a list<\/strong> describing or summarizing one piece of literature after another.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is organized into sections that present themes or identify trends, including relevant theory related to the research question.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Example<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>A literature review may serve as a stand-alone piece or article such as this article by Francisco Javier P\u00e9rez Latre et al., on <a href=\"https:\/\/revistas.unav.edu\/index.php\/communication-and-society\/article\/view\/36221\">Social Networks<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Citation: P\u00e9rez-Latre, F. J., Portilla, I., &amp; S\u00e1nchez-Blanco, C. (2011). Social networks, media and audiences: A literature review. Communication &amp; Society, (24)1, 63-74.https:\/\/revistas.unav.edu\/index.php\/communication-and-society\/article\/view\/36221 *Communication &amp; Society is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0.\" id=\"return-footnote-30-1\" href=\"#footnote-30-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, more often a literature review is part of a larger research publication such as this example from Nia Contini et al., on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/22423982.2021.1969744\"> Boating-related fatalities in the Northwest Territories<\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Citation Nia Contini, Audrey R. Giles, Gordon Giesbrecht &amp; Tyrone Raddi (2021) The adaptation of the beyond cold water bootcamp course for Inuvialuit communities in Northwest Territories, Canada, International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 80:1, DOI: 10.1080\/22423982.2021.1969744\" id=\"return-footnote-30-2\" href=\"#footnote-30-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1><a id=\"WhyAreLiteratureReviewsImportant\" href=\"\"><\/a>Why Are Literature Reviews Important?<\/h1>\n<p>Literature reviews help authors and readers build their knowledge about a specific topic by synthesizing research on the subject. Literature reviews use published research to provide context to the topic and may expose debates within the field, gaps in the research, or provide a summary and analysis of research to date on the topic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Literature reviews are not a summary of a couple of sources you found on your topic.\u00a0 Your review should present themes or identify trends, including relevant theory found in the literature you reviewed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-30-1\">Citation: P\u00e9rez-Latre, F. J., Portilla, I., &amp; S\u00e1nchez-Blanco, C. (2011). Social networks, media and audiences: A literature review. Communication &amp; Society, (24)1, 63-74.https:\/\/revistas.unav.edu\/index.php\/communication-and-society\/article\/view\/36221 *Communication &amp; Society is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0.  <a href=\"#return-footnote-30-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-30-2\">Citation Nia Contini, Audrey R. Giles, Gordon Giesbrecht &amp; Tyrone Raddi (2021) The adaptation of the beyond cold water bootcamp course for Inuvialuit communities in Northwest Territories, Canada, International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 80:1, DOI: 10.1080\/22423982.2021.1969744 <a href=\"#return-footnote-30-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div><div class=\"glossary\"><div class=\"glossary__tooltip\" id=\"30-143\" hidden><p>The\u00a0examining\u00a0and\u00a0combining\u00a0of information\u00a0with other information to produce a final\u00a0interpretation, theory or conclusion.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":18,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[50],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-30","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":23,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30\/revisions\/168"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/23"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/graduatereivews2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}