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Literature Review on Academic Journal Assignment
A literature review is a descriptive summary of research on a topic that has
previously been studied. The purpose of a literature review is to inform readers of the
significant knowledge and ideas that have been established on a topic.
Its purpose is to compare, contrast and/or connect findings that were identified when
reviewing researchers' work. Oftentimes, literature reviews are written to ground a
study in a particular context of what is known about a subject in order to establish a
foundation for the topic (or question) being researched.
The purpose of this assignment is to facilitate your abilities to research a topic of
study so you can learn to:
(1) identify and formulate a research question that defines what you'd like to learn
(2) apply your knowledge on reading research that you've learned in class
(3) analyze information found in academic journal articles and popular sources
(4) synthesize new knowledge into a written small-scale literature review
Assignment Description:
For this assignment, you are asked to complete a small-scale literature review on a
sociological topic of your choice. Locate at least 3 resources (2 peer-reviewed
journal articles from the social sciences and 1 popular source) on your topic and
write a 2 -3-page literature review selected (minimum 700 words not including
references).
The paper should use APA citation format, be doubled-spaced, and font size of 11 or
12 using Times or Calibri. You should use the ACT-UP criteria to assess popular
sources.
Steps to complete your small-scale literature review:
1. Choose a sociological topic that you are interested in studying.
2. Formulate a research question that specifically describes what would like to know
about your topic.
3. Use the library resources (library database, research appointment with a librarian,
etc.) and other online sources (google, blogs, etc.) to search for and locate
resources that include your topic's information.
4. Find articles, read the abstracts and skim them to determine if they correspond
well to your topic AND research question.
5. Select at least 2 peer-reviewed journal articles and download them for your
project.
6. Read your articles and begin to sort and classify them according to their findings.
7. Organize your sources by sorting and classifying their findings in a meaningful
way, always considering your original topic and research question.
8. Write an outline for your literature review, seek feedback (tutor.com, librarian,
professor, etc.)
9. Write your review.
Outline for writing your small-scale literature review:
1. Introduction
The introduction is used to establish the context of your review to the reader. To
establish the context, it is important to do the following in this opening paragraph:
a. Define the topic of your study and provide any background information that
helps your reader to understand the topic.
b. Explain your reason (perspective) for reviewing the literature on this topic.
c. State your research question for this review.
2. Body
This section of your paper begins with an explanation of how you have organized
your literature review and describes findings from sources that provide answers to
your research question. Before you begin this section, be sure that you have sorted
your sources into different themes based on their findings (sometimes called results).
After you sort your sources, it is important to give your sorted groups a descriptive
name. The names of the sorted sources will become your headings for each of the
paragraphs that you write in the body of your review. To write the body of your
literature review, it is important to include the following:
· Write an introduction paragraph for the body of your review. This paragraph tells
the reader specific information on how many articles you reviewed and how you
sorted the articles into common themes based on the findings (results).
· This will be a paragraph that describes the first theme that you identified and
compare, contrast, and/or connect the sources you've selected.
· Optional – This will be a paragraph that describes the second theme that you
identified and compare, contrast, and/or connect the sources you've selected.
· Optional – This will be a paragraph that describes the third theme that you identified
and compare, contrast, and/or connect the sources you've selected.
3. Summary
This is the last paragraph of your literature review. In this paragraph, it is important to
summarize the main findings from the sources that you reviewed and to point out the
information that you found particularly important to know that answered the research
question that you established in the first paragraph of your review.
Try to conclude your paper by connecting your research question back to the context
of the general topic of study.
4. References
This is the last page of your review. It serves as a listing of all references that you
mentioned in your paper. Please use APA style when completing this list.
Literature Review Assignment
Grading Rubric
The following chart will be used as a rubric to grade your small-scale literature
review:
Target Acceptable Unacceptable
Research
Question
(10%)
The research question
was well established in
the broader context of a
social justice topic.
The research question
was established in the
context of a social
justice topic.
The research question
was not established in
the context of a social
justice topic.
Content At least three (3) articles At least two (2) At least one article was
(75 %) were selected and each
specifically related to the
initial research question.
One peer-reviewed article
was selected from a
social sciences journal
e.g., Social Problems.
articles were selected
and related to the
initial research
question. One peer-
reviewed article was
selected from a social
sciences journal e.g.,
Social Problems.
selected or articles
minimally related to the
research question.
Peer-reviewed articles
not included or none
from a social sciences
journal e.g., Social
Problems.
The findings/results of
articles were thoughtfully
compared, contrasted,
and/or connected to each
other.
The findings of articles
were compared,
contrasted, and/or
connected to each
other.
The findings of articles
were mentioned with
little and or no
comparison or
connection to each
other.
The conclusion of the
review summarized the
knowledge found from
this review and related
the knowledge gain to the
research question.
The conclusion of the
review summarized
the knowledge found
from this review.
The conclusion of the
review did not
summarize the
knowledge found from
this review.
APA
Referenc
es
(5 %)
The references were
cited using APA style.
The references were
listed but not cited
using a specific
citation style (APA).
The references were
not listed.
Organiza
tion
(5 %)
The review was
organized using
subheadings. The review
was suitably organized
considering the contents
of the selected articles.
Spacing and formatting
adheres to guidelines.
The review was
suitably organized
considering the
contents of the
selected articles.
Spacing and
formatting adheres to
guidelines.
The review was
minimally organized,
and writing was difficult
to follow throughout.
Spacing and formatting
did not adhere to
guidelines.
Mechanic
s
(5 %)
There were no
grammatical, spelling,
and/or punctuation errors,
and transitional phrases
were used to guide the
reader throughout the
text.
There was an
occasional
grammatical, spelling,
and/or punctuation
error that did not
distract the reader.
There were many
grammatical, spelling,
and/or punctuation
errors that distracted
the reader from the
content of the writing.
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