Sociology 2206A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Dissertations Abstracts, Pronunciation Of English ⟨A⟩, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
11 Apr 2016
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Chapter 4: reviewing the scholarly literature and planning a study. Reading the literature or the collection of studies already published on a topic serves many important functions: it helps you narrow down a broad topic by showing you how others conducted their studies. May take a few weeks or a year, depending on the type of review. When beginning a review, a researcher decides on a topic, how much depth to go into and the kind of review to conduct. Books containing reports of original research or collections of research articles. The best first place to search for books that are relevant to your topic is your library"s electronic catalogue: searching the catalogue by keywords will provide you with books that are related to your search. Two types of books contain collections of articles or research reports: 1. Articles on a topic from scholarly journals are gathered and edited to be easier for non-specialists to read and understand: 2.
