REC 359 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Literature Review, Online Writing Lab
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Literature review- what others have said about the topic you"re exploring: want to look at the methods that previous studies had used so you can learn something new. Literature reviews help us prove that our research wasn"t a waste. August 29, 2016 of time: look at the theories that have been applied. Ex: surfing would give you 50,000 results. Ex: teens surfing in wilmington, nc would give you only. Find topics that relate to your research: 2. Will tell you what to look for in the articles to make sure that they aren"t fakes and are scholarly: http://librarybestbets. firfield. edu/tutorials/knowscho, 3. The very first thing you see in a scholarly article. Abstracts help you determine if the article is worth reading: sometimes the article will not mainly be about what you are looking for but you might find one paragraph worth your time out of it.
