L5: The Second Draft
Submission
Type
Individual Submission. Each student in the course must write their own narrative and should treat this as an individual submission.
Description
While the construction of a literature review is a fluid process without well-defined criteria, there are some elements that can be outlined and will serve those individuals who enjoy having a list or checklist of items the best. With that in mind, begin to construct your second literature review draft.
Structure
This draft must be constructed using the following general components and should be uploaded to eCampus following the formatting guidelines given in the main tasks page
Building on the feedback you reviewed on our narrative from L4, (1) expand on your literature review and (2) respond to each of the comments given to you by the instructors. This can be accomplished by going to Review > Tracking > Display for Review > Simple Markup.
Please submit your outline using the following components:
- A cover page
- 2000-2500 words for the narrative
- A references page following APA 7 guidelines
Extra Help?
If you are a procedure oriented type of person, consider using the process below.
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Build a hub
a. Briefly characterize your area of research and what particular problem or question at issue you will address.
b. Choose at least 3 central studies that you can create clear and distinct connections - aka a hub. Note these may not be the central studies you end up with but they should serve as a good starting point.
c. Summarize and synthesize the studies
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Now do at least one of the following, though you will likely do both:
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Build authorities. Repeat steps a-c with another set of seemingly independent studies to create another cluster of sources - aka an authority. Then attempt to find a logical connection between them. If none exists, keep that cluster elsewhere for possible use later.
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Build a citation network. Begin adding studies that appear to identify with at least one of your central studies and build out your narrative.