Goals:

• ​Explain the difference between popular and scholarly articles.
• Use different types of information appropriately in a research paper.
• Define literature review.
• Find articles for your literature review.

Agenda: 

1. Define scholarly articles
2. Define literature review
3. Using evidence: Primary vs. secondary
4. Generate keywords
5. Databases searching
6. APA references

Definition: Like an annotated bibliography, a literature review is a paper or section of a paper that reviews what's already been published on your research topic.

Unlike an annotated bibliography, a literature review is written in a standard paper format, with citations grouped together on the last page.

Literature review: a scholarly conversation

Some people think of literature review as being like a party where there are lots of conversations happening at once.

Here's a 2-minute video illustrating this metaphor:

Your literature review is an overview of all the conversations going on at the party, highlighting where guests agree and disagree, and what questions are still unanswered.

Before they can be published, research articles often go through a rigorous refinement process called peer-review.