Preface | p. ix |
Audience | p. ix |
Special Features and Text Organization | p. x |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
About the Authors | p. xv |
Introduction: The Literature Review Process-Getting Started | p. 1 |
The Purpose of a Literature Review | p. 2 |
The Literature Review Defined | p. 4 |
The Literature Review Process | p. 4 |
Select a Topic | p. 4 |
Search the Literature | p. 5 |
Develop the Argument | p. 5 |
Survey the Literature | p. 6 |
Critique the Literature | p. 6 |
Write the Review | p. 6 |
Inquiry: The Necessary Precondition | p. 6 |
Pack Wisely Before You Begin | p. 8 |
Tips | p. 10 |
Summary | p. 10 |
Checklist | p. 11 |
Select a Topic | p. 13 |
Choose a Research Interest | p. 16 |
Exercises | p. 18 |
Researcher Bias | p. 19 |
Select a Research Interest From the Everyday Interest | p. 20 |
Specifying a Research Interest | p. 21 |
Focusing the Interest | p. 22 |
Selecting a Perspective | p. 22 |
Reflection: The Key to Interest Selection | p. 23 |
Use the Research Interest to Choose the Research Topic | p. 26 |
Visit the Library | p. 30 |
Tips | p. 32 |
Summary | p. 32 |
Checklist | p. 33 |
Search the Literature | p. 35 |
Discover the Literature to Review | p. 36 |
Conduct a Literature Search | p. 37 |
Scan the Literature | p. 39 |
Use the Internet | p. 42 |
Manage Your Data | p. 44 |
Bibliographic Documentation | p. 44 |
Scan Progress | p. 45 |
Skim the Literature | p. 46 |
Map Your Materials | p. 48 |
Mapping by Core Idea | p. 49 |
Mapping by Author Contribution | p. 50 |
Refine Your Topic | p. 53 |
Expand Your Topic | p. 55 |
Tips | p. 56 |
Summary | p. 56 |
Checklist | p. 57 |
Develop the Argument | p. 59 |
Build the Case for a Literature Review | p. 60 |
Arguments | p. 62 |
Evaluate the Basic Parts of an Argument | p. 62 |
Claims | p. 65 |
Claims | p. 65 |
Evidence | p. 70 |
Warrant | p. 74 |
Multiple Claims Arguments | p. 76 |
Tips | p. 78 |
Summary | p. 78 |
Checklist | p. 79 |
Survey the Literature | p. 81 |
Assemble the Collected Data | p. 82 |
Assembling the Data | p. 82 |
Recording the Data | p. 83 |
Synthesize the Information | p. 85 |
Synthesizing the Information and Building Evidence | p. 85 |
Reasoning Patterns | p. 88 |
Integrating the Information and Building Claims | p. 92 |
Analyze the Patterns of the Data | p. 94 |
Complex Reasoning | p. 94 |
Comparative Reasoning | p. 96 |
Building the Discovery Argument: An Example | p. 97 |
Mapping the Argument of Discovery | p. 99 |
Analyzing the Argument | p. 99 |
Tips | p. 101 |
Summary | p. 102 |
Checklist | p. 103 |
Critique the Literature | p. 105 |
Implicative Reasoning | p. 106 |
The Two Arguments | p. 107 |
Argument Patterns | p. 110 |
Backing | p. 116 |
Fallacious Arguments | p. 122 |
The Case Is Everything | p. 124 |
Tips | p. 124 |
Summary | p. 125 |
Checklist | p. 125 |
Write the Review | p. 127 |
The Writing Process: Overview | p. 129 |
Write to Understand | p. 129 |
Write to Be Understood | p. 129 |
Write to Understand | p. 130 |
Exploratory Writing | p. 131 |
Outline | p. 133 |
The Preliminary Draft | p. 143 |
Preliminary Draft: The Audit | p. 145 |
Preliminary Draft: The Edit | p. 146 |
Write to Be Understood | p. 146 |
Analysis | p. 148 |
Evaluation | p. 148 |
Outside Review | p. 149 |
The Second and Third Drafts | p. 150 |
The Final Draft | p. 151 |
Style Manuals | p. 151 |
Tips | p. 153 |
Last Words | p. 153 |
Glossary | p. 155 |
References | p. 159 |
Index | p. 161 |
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