Ch 4 - Lit

Question 1

Lit review

Answer 1

carefully crafted summary of recent studies on a topic - key findings, methods - document sources

Question 2

Goals of lit review

Answer 2

1. to demonstrate familiarity with a body of knowledge and establish credibility.
2. to show the path of prior research and how a current project is linked to it.
3. to integrate and summarize what is known in an area
4. to learn from others and stimulate new ideas

Question 3

predatory open access journals -

Answer 3

spam email to potential authors, lack proper peer review, request high fees

Question 4

periodicals - mass market publications

Answer 4

newsstands, general public with news opinion and entertainment - source on current events

Question 5

ASA citation

Answer 5

quotes around title and capitals

no brackets on year

Question 6

APA citation

Answer 6

lowercase title
italicized volume

Question 7

mla citation

Answer 7

year at end
written vol, no,pp

Question 8

how to conduct

Answer 8

• search strat
• locate research reports
• taking notes
• what to record
• organizing notes
• writing the review
• synthesize

avoid failing to synthesize, over quoting, plagiarism,