Elementary Education Seminar: Trends in Urban

Elementary Education

Lettycia TerronesCalifornia State University Fullerton

Education Librarian Candidate

Learning Outcomes:• Articulate a research question• Choose key concepts or terms appropriate to search

subject databases and modify the search strategy as necessary

• Determine if the information is relevant for the assignment

• Integrate new information with previous information to create knowledge appropriate to the research question

• Cite scholarly articles using correct APA Style• Export articles into EndNote bibliographic manager

What is the Literature Review?

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What is the Literature Review?

Don’t argue a position nor state your opinion.Do narrow your topic by forming a question.Do choose an structure to organize your writing. Do extract the main points from your source. Do summarize the main points. Do show the relationship between different sources.

Taylor, D. (2010). Writing the literature review: Step-by-step tutorial for graduate students. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoYpyY9n9YQ

Literature Review Frames

• Chronological frame

• Advancements/Breakthroughs frame

• Major questions frame

• Geographical frame

Taylor, D. (2010). Writing the literature review: Step-by-step tutorial for graduate students. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoYpyY9n9YQ

technology use21st Century literacy/skillsWeb 2.0

mobile devices

computer software

e-books

literac*

educational technology

multimodal

teaching

instruction*

curriculum

classroom

Boolean ConnectorsAND is a Boolean connector word used to

combine two concepts.

technology elementary school

AND narrows down your search because your results will contain articles that have both concepts together,

not just one.

Let’s Try It!

Pollak Library http://www.library.fullerton.edu

Peer Reviewed: Professors often ask you to use scholarly (also called "peer-reviewed") articles. Peer-reviewed means the articles are academic and have been refereed by experts in the article’s field of study.

Boolean Search& key concepts

Peer Reviewedarticles

Do we have the article?

Sample SearchBoolean Search

OR + AND

Truncation *EDUCAT*Educat-ionEducat-eEducat-orEducat-ing

Sample SearchThis Boolean search will look for articles containing all 3 terms.

Your results will depend on which terms you enter.

Make a list of terms that describe the concepts in your research question.

You can use different word combinations to see which words give you better hits!

Sample Article

Tools Journal, Date, Volume, Pages

Title

Author(s)

Subject Terms

Do we have the article?

Is there a summary of the article? (Tip: Look for the Abstract.) If yes, read the abstract and write down information that can be useful in answering the research question.

Abstract

Evaluate ResultsExamine the first page of results.

Do any articles “fit” or relate to your topic?

Identify keywords or concepts from these articles to further narrow your search.

Try different searches and compare.

Think about your question. Does it need revision?

Where does the article fit in your literature review frame?

Assessment

Take the quiz! Give your feedback!

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