[eBook Code] So, You Have to Write a Literature Review (eBook Code, 1st)

Introduction

Chapter 1: Why is Writing so HARD? Overcoming Barriers to Writing and Making Time to Write1.1 Writing as a Cognitive, Social, and Affective Activity

1.2 Time Management, Self-Discipline, and the Writing/Research Timeline 5

1.3 Accountability is an Essential Part of Writing 6

1.3.1 Shut Up & Write Groups 7

1.3.2 Accountability Partners 8

1.3.3 Schedule Your Writing in a Scientific Way 9

1.3.4 Deliberate and Distributed Practice 9

1.3.5 Bribery 10

Chapter 2:  What is the Point of a Literature Review, Anyway?!

2.1 The Literature Review Serves as an Argument to Establish a Gap in Prior Research 2

2.2 The Literature Review Establishes the Author’s Credibility 3

2.3 The Literature Review Prepares Readers to Interpret and Appreciate Your Findings 6

2.4 Envisioning Your Audience 7

2.5 Deliberate Language Choices Support the Functions of the Literature Review 8

Chapter 3:  Gathering and Storing Literature 1

3.1 What to Cite? The Difference between Types of Academic Publications 1

3.2 What NOT to Cite: Types of Documents to Avoid Citing 3

3.3 Searching for Literature 6

3.4 Saving and Storing your Literature 7

3.5 Reference Managers 12

3.6 Your Turn: Collecting Literature 12

3.7 But How Many References Do I Need in my Literature Review?! 12

Chapter 4: Reading Strategies and Remembering What You Read

4.1 Deciding Whether to Skim or Read 1

4.2 What are You Focusing On? 3

4.3 Effective Methods for Skimming Literature 4

4.4 Reading Scholarly Literature 6

4.5 Taking Notes and Starting an Annotated Bibliography (or: Thanking your “Future Self”) 6

Chapter 5: Finding Connections between Literature 1

5.1 Identifying Overarching Themes and Topics in Literature 2

5.2 Identifying “Synthesis” of Literature in Action 5

5.3 Drawing Connections between Literature 8

5.4 Justifying “Gaps in the Literature” 9

Chapter 6: Organizing Your Literature Review 1

6.1 Envisioning the Macrostructure of Your Literature Review 3

6.2 A Discussion on Topic Sentences: The First Sentence of the Paragraph 13

6.3 Creating a Macrostructure for Your Own Literature Review 14

Chapter 7:  Writing the “Ugly Draft” 1

7.1 Twelve Steps to Building Your Literature Review 1

7.2 Strategies to Help you Build and Sculpt Paragraphs: Introducing Rhetorical Moves and Steps in Genre Maps

7.3 If You are Not into Outlines…Leverage Who You Are As a Writer to Get That Ugly Draft on Paper! 6

Chapter 8:  Using Citations to Connect Ideas 1

8.1 The Proximity of the Citation to the Reference Carries Meaning 1

8.1.1 String Citations 2

8.1.2 Topic Citations 3

8.1.3 End-of-Sentence Citations 5

8.1.4 Direct Citation 6

8.2 Literature Occurs in the Past, but a Literature Synthesis Points to YOUR Future 8

8.3 The “Accordion Stage” of Writing a Literature Review will Hone The Density of Citations and Conciseness

8.4 The Literature Review is a Political Document 13

Chapter 9:  Revising the “BIG Four” Literature Review Faux Pas 1

9.1 Ineffective or Missing Topic Sentence. 1

9.1.1 All sentences that follow the topic or umbrella sentence should directly support that first sentence 2

9.1.2 There is rarely a need to directly cite one article or author in the topic sentence. 3

9.2 Fluffy writing 5

9.3 Globalisms 6

9.4 Lack of connection or synthesis between topics or articles 9

Chapter 10:  Am I Done Yet? 1

10.1 Self-Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself 1

Chapter 11:  Interpreting Advisor Feedback 1

11.1 Conclusion: Our Wishes for You 3

Chapter 12:  Theory Behind the Practice 1

12.1 On Genre Studies and Moves-Steps Analysis 3

12.2 On Technical Writing for Engineers 6

12.3 On Writing Literature Reviews 7

12.4 On Grammar Editing and Revision Strategies 7

12.5 Last Thoughts 7

References 7