AGENDA
I. Introductions - how to get in touch with your subject librarian after this session
2. Quick overview of this course guide
3. Prompt - Architecture students will choose an architecture topic; museum students will choose a museum topic; other students can choose any topic. collecting BACKGROUND information and KEYWORDS
Search keywords Maya calendar or Aztec calendar in several databases and Library Search (Emory's libary catalog) and Articles+
4. Discuss literature review
5. Time permitting, demo some searching
Collecting background information and keywords
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowAccess a wide-variety of art resources across Oxford’s art reference works. Includes articles, visual arts, digital images, biographies, bibliographies, encyclopedias, and more.
- Search Term WorksheetOr you may prefer to get your keywords spelled out the analog way (rather than using the online tool.) This Search Term worksheet was developed by UVA
- Oxford Bibliographies Online. Art History This link opens in a new windowGuide to scholarly literature in the field of Art History. Subdivided into articles by established scholars covering major categories of research with corresponding bibliographies of recommended resources.
Ex. Zapotec - Paddock, John, and Joseph Heid. "Zapotec." Grove Art Online. 2003
Zapotec Civilization by Call Number: F1219.1 .O11 M37 1996ISBN: 9780500050781
Storey, Rebecca. "Teotihuacán." In The Oxford Companion To Archaeology. : Oxford University Press, 2012.
What is a Literature Review
What is a Literature Review?
A literature or narrative review is a comprehensive review and analysis of the published literature on a specific topic or research question. The literature that is reviewed contains: books, articles, academic articles, conference proceedings, association papers, and dissertations. It contains the most pertinent studies and points to important past and current research and practices. It provides background and context, and shows how your research will contribute to the field.
A literature review should:
Provide a comprehensive and updated review of the literature;
Explain why this review has taken place;
Articulate a position or hypothesis;
Acknowledge and account for conflicting and corroborating points of view
1) Define the topic or research question
2) Determine inclusion/exclusion criteria - Think about relevant dates, geographies (and languages), methods, and conflicting points of view
3) Choose databases and conduct the search
4) Review your results,
- Save your search results in a citation management tool (such as Zotero or EndNote)
- De-duplicate your search results
- Make sure that you've found the seminal pieces
- Check with your professor or a librarian to make sure your search has been comprehensive
5) Synthesize the information gathered - Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of individual sources and evaluate for bias, methodologies, and thoroughness and develop your conclusions
6) Analyze the information gathered
- Are there gaps in the literature?
- Where has significant research taken place, and who has done it?
- Which methodological approaches work best?
7) Organize your citations and focus on your research question and pertinent studies and compile your bibliography
The Literature Review by Call Number: Science Commons: Book Stacks LB2369 .R525 2012ISBN: 9781446201428
1. Provide historical background for your research
2. Give an overview of current context for the field
3. Discuss relevant theories and concepts that underpin your research - your approach
4. Provide relevant terminology and provide key definitions to clarify how terms are being used
5. Describe relevant research in the field and show how your work fits
6. Gives supporting evidence for a practical problem, show the are is reputable and scholarly