Table of Contents
Literature Review Flow Chart ix
Preface xiii
New to This Edition xiii
Audience xiv
Special Features and Text Organization xiv
Acknowledgments xvii
About the Authors xix
Introduction: Doing and Producing a Literature Review 1
Key Vocabulary 1
Introduction Overview 2
The Purpose of a Literature Review 2
The Literature Review Defined 5
The Literature Review Process 5
Mindset: Personal Dispositions on Thinking, Doing, and Deciding 9
The Ethics of Reviewing the Literature 12
Reflective Oversight 13
Plan Wisely Before You Begin 16
Summary 18
Checklist 18
Reflective Exercise 19
1 Step 1: Select and Define a Topic 23
Key Vocabulary 24
Chapter Overview 24
Task 1 Identify a Subject for Study 25
Task 2 Translate the Personal Interest or Concern Into a Research Query 29
Task 3 Link the Research Query to the Appropriate Discipline 34
Task 4 Write the Preliminary Research Topic Statement 40
Summary 42
Checklist 43
Reflective Exercise 43
2 Step 2 Develop the Tools of Argumentation 47
Key Vocabulary 48
Chapter Overview 48
Concept 1 Building the Case for a Literature Review 49
Concept 2 Arguments-the Basics 51
Concept 3 Evaluating the Basic Parts of an Argument 52
Concept 4 Understanding Claims 55
Concept 5 Building Evidence 59
Concept 6 Warrant-Logically Connecting the Evidence to the Claim 62
Concept 7 Complex Claims 64
Summary 68
Checklist 68
Reflective Exercise 69
3 Step 3: Search the Literature 73
Key Vocabulary 74
Chapter Overview 74
Task 1 Select the Literature to Review 75
Task 2 Conduct a Literature Search 76
Task 3 Refine Your Topic 94
Summary 95
Checklist 97
Reflective Exercise 97
4 Step 4: Survey the Literature 101
Key Vocabulary 102
Chapter Overview 102
Task 1 Assemble the Collected Data 103
Task 2 Organize the Information 106
Task 3 Analyze the Patterns of Data 114
Summary 123
Checklist 123
Reflective Exercise 124
5 Step 5: Critique the Literature 127
Key Vocabulary 128
Chapter Overview 128
What is a Literature Critique? 129
Concept 1 Making the Case for the Literature Review 130
Concept 2 Descriptive Argument Patterns: Factual Reasoning 131
Concept 3 Implicative Argument Patterns: Implicative Reasoning 132
Concept 4 The Implicative Argument: Nine Basic Patterns 133
Concept 5 Backing 140
Doing a Critique of the Literature: Building the Advocacy Argument 142
Task 1 Determining the Implicative Logic Pattern Inferred by the Topic of Study 142
Task 2 Reframe Claims to Meet the Prerequisite Conditions Identified by the Selected Logic Type 143
Task 3 Build the Advocacy Argument 144
Concept 6 Fallacies 148
Concept 7 The Case Is Everything 150
Summary 151
Checklist 151
Reflective Exercise 152
6 Step 6: Write the Review 155
Key Vocabulary 156
The Writing Process: Overview 157
Task 1 Write to Understand 158
Task 2 Write to Be Understood 173
Style Manuals 174
Checklist 180
Reflective Exercise 180
Last Words 181
Supplements 183
Supplement A The Role of the Literature Review 185
Supplement B Literature Review 101 199
Supplement C Writing a Journal 219
Supplement D SQRRR 223
Glossary 227
References and Further Reading 229
Index 231
