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Tag Archives: literature review

1. The missing link in the literature review process: 4 elements to look for when reviewing the literature July 22, 2022

   Posted in academia, research.

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2. Delving into an entirely new topic and doing a literature review, performed with an example (on hospital ethnography) March 22, 2021

   Posted in academia, research, research methods.

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3. Batch-Processing groups of reading materials (articles or book chapters) February 27, 2021

   Posted in academia.

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4. A few strategies to “stay on top of the literature” (more like, “catching up with the literature” February 25, 2021

   Posted in academia, reading strategies.

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5. On the value of annotated bibliographies as scholarly outputs April 17, 2020

   Posted in academia, research, research methods, writing.

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6. Writing your literature review based on the “Cross-Reference” column of the Conceptual Synthesis Excel Dump (CSED) November 13, 2019

   Posted in academia, writing.

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7. From review of the literature to mind map of the field August 25, 2019

   Posted in academia, reading strategies, research, writing.

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8. On reading up a lot, mind mapping the literature, “finding the gap” and writing paragraphs in your literature review August 14, 2019

   Posted in academia, writing.

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9. Developing the core elements of a research proposal: Finding a gap in the literature, mapping contributions to scholarship June 28, 2018

   Posted in academia.

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10. Forward citation tracing and backwards citation tracing in literature reviews February 3, 2018

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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11. Mapping a new field of scholarship January 27, 2018

    Posted in academia, research, writing.

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12. How many sources are enough? Six questions on breadth and depth of literature reviews June 17, 2017

    Posted in academia, research.

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13. Writing synthetic notes of journal articles and book chapters May 3, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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14. Writing an annotated bibliography April 28, 2017

    Posted in academia, writing.

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15. How to undertake a literature review April 28, 2017

    Posted in academia.

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16. Generating new ideas for (or within) papers October 17, 2016

    Posted in academia.

    3 comments
17. Synthesizing different bodies of work in your literature review: The Conceptual Synthesis Excel Dump (CSED) technique June 17, 2016

    Posted in academia, research.

    6 comments
18. How to do a literature review: Citation tracing, concept saturation and results’ mind-mapping June 15, 2016

    Posted in academia, research, research methods.

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19. Making time to read and reflect: Writing a literature review April 7, 2013

    Posted in academia, research.

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