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The Literature Review Audiobook: Six Steps to Success

Third Edition

by Lawrence A. Machi and Brenda T. McEvoy

Student Resources

Front Matter
Figures
Back Matter

Figures

Figure I.1: The Simple Literature Review
Figure I.2: The Complex Literature Review
Figure I.3: The Literature Review Is a Critical-Thinking Process
Figure I.4: The Literature Review Model
Figure I.5: The Inquirer’s Mindset
Figure 1.1: The Process of Creating the Research Topic Statement
Figure 1.2: Task 3: Converting the Research Interest Into a Preliminary Topic Statement
Figure 2.1: The Simple Argument
Figure 2.2: Categories of Claims and Their Uses
Figure 2.3: The Four Criteria for an Acceptable Claim
Figure 2.4: The Simple Argument: The Logic of the Argument
Figure 2.5: The Development of the Complex Argument
Figure 3.1: Literature Search Tasks
Figure 3.2: Literature Search Tasks and Tools
Figure 3.3: Bibliographic Entry Card (Front)
Figure 3.4: Literature References
Figure 3.5: Reference Databases
Figure 3.6: Boolean Operators
Figure 3.7: Online Academic Databases
Figure 3.8: Bibliographic Entry Card (Back)
Figure 3.9: Core Idea Map
Figure 3.10: Core Map Example: History of Intelligence
Figure 3.11: Author Map
Figure 4.1: Literature Survey Process
Figure 4.2: Literature Survey Tally Matrices
Figure 4.3: Literature Survey Tally Matrix: Task 1
Figure 4.4: The One-on-One Map
Figure 4.5: Side-by-Side Reasoning: The Convergent Map
Figure 4.6: Chain Reasoning
Figure 4.7: Joint Reasoning
Figure 4.8: Literature Survey Tally Matrix: Task 2
Figure 4.9: Divergent Mapping
Figure 4.10: Venn Diagramming, Comparative Mapping
Figure 4.11: The Discovery Argument Is a Complex Argument
Figure 4.12: Theme One: The Nature of Intelligence
Figure 4.13: Literature Survey Tally Matrix: Task 3
Figure 5.1: The Chain-Reasoning Model Applied to the Literature Review
Figure 5.2: The Research Case of the Literature Review
Figure 5.3: The Descriptive Case—Argument of Advocacy
Figure 5.4: Nine Patterns of Implicative Argumentation
Figure 5.5: Doing the Critique of the Literature
Figure 5.6: Theories of Intelligence: The Discovery Argument
Figure 5.7: Theories of Intelligence: The Advocacy Argument
Figure 6.1: The Writing Process
Figure 6.2: The Iterative Process Writing
Figure 6.3: Major Reference Aids
Figure 6.4: The Research Case for the Literature Review
Figure 6.5: The Literature Review Outline: Study Aids, Maps, and References

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