1. February 24th 2010

2.  SHARING THOUGHTS ABOUT AANOTATED
BIBLIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENTS
 Chapter 4 and 5 of Tipping Point
 Talking about Literature Reviews
 Assignments

3.  What challenges did you face in your
assignment?
 What did you gain from your assignment?
 Were the sources you found valuable for your
research?

4.  What kind of sources does the writer of this
bibliography use?
 Do you agree with the writer’s assessment of
the reliability of the sources in this
bibliography?
 Which one of these references seem
questionable to you and why?

5.  Synthesis: a relationship between your
sources. It’s more than a summary. It can
also include your own evaluation of the
source.
 You draw on the ideas of the authors. You
bring together a body of information from
various sources.
 Before you can write an effective synthesis.
You must know the relationships among
sources and how they fit into the field

6.  Literature review is an account of what has
been published on a topic by accredited
scholars and researchers.
 This is a paper to demonstrate your
familiarity with the research topic. It is a
summary of what the scientific literature
says about your specific topic or question.
 A literature review typically contains the
following sections:

7.  Find at least six sources related to your research
projects.
 Read the articles (remember to do active
reading) Take notes in the margins, write
summaries, important quotes etc.
 Read the easier articles first (see the abstract to
see if this article is related to your topic.
 The articles must be from professional journals.
 See sample literature reviews in the articles.
 http://web.pdx.edu/~dbls/HowtoWriteLiteratur
eReview.htm
 http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/assets/imag
es/qmanual/6-1.jpg

8.  Read Chapter 6
 Read Writing at the University Chapter 8
 Tipping Point: Blog about two of the
discussion questions from your handout.
 Continue with finding valuable/relevant
articles related to your topics.