SOC 2805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Interlibrary Loan, Psycinfo, Flowchart
Document Summary
Along with selecting a research approach, the researcher also needs to review the literature related to the topic of interest. The literature review is an important part of crafting a research proposal. It helps determine whether the topic is worthy of further study and provides the scope of the project. Chapter two begins with a discussion about selecting a topic and continues with how a researcher determines whether the topic can and should be researched. Finally, the actual process of reviewing the literature is outlined along with key differences found in the literature reviews of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies. In beginning a research study, the researcher must first identify a topic to study and consider whether it is a practical and useful topic to explore. By exploring the previous research on the topic, the researcher becomes aware of what has already been done and what is needed.
