OPD: Getting Started with the Literature Review
Key points from today's OPD session Getting Started with the Literature Review with Dr Gordon Spark at UoD. Literature Review is to be analytical rather than descriptive Three fold - Content, Style and Structure. Structure being the key Don't simply show end product, but how idea came into being...take the engine apart. Analysis...break something down into its constitutional parts Night view of the Pompidou Centre. Copyight of the Pompidou Centre. Photo by PH Migeat. What is a literature review? Reading around subject 2 stages - Process and Product (all material read and actually what's included eventually) Survey of the field e.g using a map as a metaphor > Map > Defined Boundaries > Territories not included > Where are the borders > Show broad contours > Specific Points of Interest. Define perameters Original Contribution - is really quite small. Doing something different. Critiquing the literature and what it doesn't do. Place...