Literature Review Quiz 2

When you cite Internet resources, you have to include ...

• Date last updated

• Date created

• Date of access

• Date of online published

Which is most probably NOT a suitable source to use in an academic literature review?

• Research articles

• Wikipedia

• Review article

• Government report

Which of the following approaches to reading do you think is NOT useful in the literature review?

• Memorizing

• Evaluating

• Comparing

• Arguing

Which of the following is not plagiarism?

• Translating a source and using it without mentioning the source

• Using an image found on the Internet without mentioning the source

• Using common knowledge without mentioning the source

• Summarising someone's work without mentioning the source

Which of the following sentences is NOT true about the purpose of doing the literature review?

• To learn about the existing information about a given topic

• To better formulate the research question

• To critically analyse the concept being studied

• To provide a list of what has been done about a given topic

Which statements are TRUE about the literature review?

• Literature review should focus on a broader topic

• Literature review is just the summary of current research

• Literature review is a summary of your own research

• Literature review is an examination of the literature and it enables the researcher to know what has been learned

Include as much information as you can. Your markers will be impressed by your long reference list.

• TRUE

• FALSE

If you are under your word count, you should look for some more evidence. Perhaps look to see if any researchers disagree with your evidence.

• TRUE

• FALSE