In this lesson, you will learn about the role the literature review The process of summarizing, synthesizing and/or critiquing literature around a specific topic/idea. This work can help a researcher understand what has happened before and also how past research intersects and or diverges from other research. A literature review can be a full-length manuscript or a subsection within a larger research article. plays in Library and Information Science An interdisciplinary field that examines how physical and digital information is organized, accessed, collected, managed, disseminated and used, particularly in library settings. (LIS An interdisciplinary field that examines how physical and digital information is organized, accessed, collected, managed, disseminated and used, particularly in library settings.) research, both as a resource for learning and for communicating your own research.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Explain the purpose of a literature review in LIS
- Identify the elements of a literature review
- Understand the purpose of a “gap” in research in order to see how your work fits into the scholarly conversation
Lesson originally created by Sojourna Cunningham.
In this lesson, you will learn about the role the literature reviewLiterature Review The process of summarizing, synthesizing and/or critiquing literature around a specific topic/idea. This work can help a researcher understand what has happened before and also how past research intersects and or diverges from other research. A literature review can be a full-length manuscript or a subsection within a larger research article. plays in Library and Information ScienceLibrary and Information Science An interdisciplinary field that examines how physical and digital information is organized, accessed, collected, managed, disseminated and used, particularly in library settings. (LISLibrary and Information Science An interdisciplinary field that examines how physical and digital information is organized, accessed, collected, managed, disseminated and used, particularly in library settings.) research, both as a resource for learning and for communicating your own research.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
Lesson originally created by Sojourna Cunningham.