WorksheetsLiterature review: Research
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
Writing a good Literature review includes the following steps:
Search for relevant literature
Develop your research argument
Identify themes and gaps
Focussing on one article only
Characteristics of a Good Literature Review are
simply summarizes sources
only citing references that agree with your argument.
define the need for your research problem
none of the above
Which of the following is not a good reference.
Google Scholar
Wikipedia
JSTOR
arXiv
Why do you read for your literature review?
To find out about the field of your research
To identify a topic for your research
To find out what has already been done
To place your research in a context
To find out about different research methods that you might use
Which are acceptable paraphrases/citations and which are not? Why/why not?
A recent study (De Fries et al. 2002) has provided evidence that contradicts the Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) statistics. Whereas the FRA figures suggest that the speed of tropical forest destruction is declining, the research by DeFries et al. found that there had been a 10% rise in tropical forest clearing rates during the 1980s and 1990s, in particular in Southeast Asia.
DeFries, R.S., Houghton, R.A., Hansen, M.C., Field, C.B., Skole, D.,and Townshend, J. (2002) found that, ‘overall, the rates of tropical forest clearing have increased by 10% during the 1980s and the 1990s. This is in contrast to Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) statistics that report declining rates. The increase is largely in southeast Asia, with only slight decreases found in clearing rates in Latin America and Africa’.
Conclusion and summary are the same.
Yes
No
What is plagiarism?
The wholesale copying of another’s work and claiming it as your own
Using material that is recognised as common knowledge in your field but copying the information word for word from a textbook.
Rephrasing someone else’s original ideas and acknowledging the source.
cited author’s exact words if making a direct quotation
Which of the characteristics below are appropriate for an effective summary?
The same order of words as the source
Simpler vocabulary than the original
Different sentence patterns to the original
Similar wording with some phrases exactly the same
In your literature review, you should NOT cite a
book
movie
research-article
website link
Why do we refer to sources in academic writing?
To demonstrate your allegiance to a particular research community
To provide justification and support for your assertions and arguments
To give an illustration of how you have developed your argument
To acknowledge and show respect for other researchers’ contributions to the field
