{"id":218,"date":"2021-02-14T11:40:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T11:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/greenforum\/?p=218"},"modified":"2023-12-04T11:41:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:41:05","slug":"literature-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/greenforum\/index.php\/2021\/02\/14\/literature-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Literature Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEARCH RELEVANT PAPERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    Define your topic. Do you have central question you want to answer?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Narrow down what you want to research. Can you focus more deeply, rather than skimming the surface of your topic?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Structure your topic into key concepts ( themes) to make it easier to search and look up information<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Use your learning material to identify key authors or theories that relate to the themes and make them your starting point<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Do your learning material suggest any further reading? If so, track it down<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Use an online library and open repositories to locate academic opinion and theory<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n

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    Use search engine for scientific literature (academic research database):<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n