Session 1

Searching for Literature

Literature review is a critical component of the research process as it situates your research within the larger body of knowledge and is used to build an argument to show why your research is important and what gaps and/or limitations in the existing research it will be addressing. This session focuses on how to conduct a literature search. It will also enable us to think through and design a search strategy for literature in relation to your own research topic and question/s.

Literature Search Strategy with Boolean Terms

Activity 4.1.3: Identify synonyms, abbreviations, acronyms, truncation and wildcards, for each keyword

Activity 4.1.2: Identify key concepts from your research question

Write down your research question and identify the keywords in the question that you should use to search for literature.

Reflection: Considering the process of finding an appropriate research design for my question. What were my biggest stumbling blocks and why?

In the process of selecting a research design, I realised that I was struggling to align my research question with the design. I have...