Month: April 2012
Step 4 of your Literature Review – Writing it Up!
Note – if you haven’t done so already, I suggest you go back and read the posts covering Steps 1, 2 and 3 of the literature review: finding stuff, organizing and screening, and normalizing. Then you’ll be ready to hear about Step 4 – writing. Read the rest of this entry »
Step 3 of your Literature Review – Normalizing
Note – if you haven’t read them already, I suggest you go back and read the last two posts covering Steps 1 and 2 of the literature review: finding stuff and organizing and screening. Then you’ll be ready to hear about Step 3 – normalizing. Read the rest of this entry »
Step 2 of your Literature Review – Organizing and Screening
Note – if you haven’t read it already, I suggest you go back and read last week’s post describing Step 1 in the process: “Finding Stuff”. Step 2 (this post) involves organizing and screening your information. The method I’m going to describe to you was taught to me by my own PhD supervisor many years ago – I still recommend it to all of my students, though with a few modernizations included to take advantage of technologies that weren’t around when I was a student. Read the rest of this entry »
The Art of Scientific Communication 