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Sourcing and reviewing the Literature in tourism
- 1. APPLYING THE BASIC LAWS OF DIALECTICS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN TOURISM
- 2. Sourcing and Reviewing the Literature Key Concepts and Issues Why is a Literature Review Necessary? What is Literature? What is a Literature Review? Sourcing, Searching and Accessing the Literatur e
- 3. WHY IS A LITERATURE SEARCH IMPORTANT? Literature searches are important because they enable the targeted discovery of new research, whether in the form of an academic paper, a news article, or a new scientific method. This is a key skill to learn as it allows students and researchers to stay on top of the most up to date and relevant literature in their field. Because of the time it takes to get a textbook published, academic articles are usually the best way to stay on top of the current advances in your field of choice.
- 4. In the digital age, journals are often only available online. Gone are the days of librarians cataloguing physical papers or disseminating information via printed copies. To source new literature now, students and researchers just need to go to a publishers website, or use a search engine, and a wealth of information is at their fingertips. Quickly finding a relevant paper directly through a journal website is a largely impractical approach due to the potential time it can take to find a relevant study. This is why search engines like Google Scholar, and PubMed have been invented. These types of search engines allow advanced search criteria and filtering to be employed, which can significantly improve how quickly you can source new papers. A growing number of free-to-use knowledge discovery platforms exist with an emphasis on open-source literature. Tools like OpenAlex, and RDiscovery have seen an uptick in popularity as users are looking for new ways to speed-up their literature discovery process. Greater availability of open access articles and improved methods of knowledge discovery have led to an increase in the number of references that can be found in academic articles (Dai et al., 2021).
- 5. WHAT ARE LITERATURE REVIEWS? A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. In writing the literature review, your purpose is to convey to your reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. As a piece of writing, the literature review must be defined by a guiding concept (e.g., your research objective, the problem or issue you are discussing, or your argumentative thesis). It is not just a descriptive list of the material available, or a set of summaries." - Quote from Taylor, D.
- 6. GOALS OF LITERATURE REVIEWS What are the goals of creating a Literature Review? To develop a theory or evaluate an existing theory To summarize the historical or existing state of a research topic Identify a problem in a field of research
- 7. BESIDES ENLARGING YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE TOPIC, WRITING A LITERATURE REVIEW LETS YOU GAIN AND DEMONSTRATE SKILLS IN TWO AREAS 1.information seeking: the ability to scan the literature efficiently, using manual or computerized methods, to identify a set of useful articles and books 2.critical appraisal: the ability to apply principles of analysis to identify unbiased and valid studies. A literature review must do these things be organized around and related directly to the thesis or research question you are developing synthesize results into a summary of what is and is not known identify areas of controversy in the literature formulate questions that need further research
- 8. WHAT TO DO IN THE LITERATURE REVIEW provide an outline of the issue or theory under investigation, extrapolates to include the objectives. Categorize different literature in the field of study based on various criteria. Compare and contrast between different works. Conclude with providing an assessment and singling out works that give the best arguments and make a significant contribution to the knowledge of the field
- 9. DEVELOPMENT OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW Four Stages of development while doing a literature review includes the following: Formulation of a problem- this is a crucial step, whereby you setup a criteria through which to select relevant literature. Searching for relevant literature- find appropriate literature for the criteria you have set from reliable sources. Evaluating and appraising the literature- many methods could be employed for this step. You could read the introduction and the abstract to filter and select the ones you deem suitable. Analysing and synthesizing pertinent literature- This forms the crux of the review paper, the final part where you read, analyse, and synthesize the literature to provide the chain of development of knowledge in the field
- 10. WHAT TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING THE LITERATURE FOR THE REVIEW Literature must be critically evaluated before being reviewed. When choosing scientific works for the review, look for the following: 1. Originality of the work Choose works based on their originality. 2. Methodology and its credibility Evaluate the methodology of each work and assess their credibility 3. The objectivity of the author This is important to understand and will provide you with a better guideline of the purpose of the work 4. The persuasiveness of the arguments Each work has different tones and some of the arguments are more persuasive than the rest 5. The significance of the work to field This is a key aspect when choosing literature for review. Do not overlook the works that added significant value to the field
- 11. WHAT ARE THE ANALYTICAL FEATURES OF A LITERATURE REVIEW The literature review isnt just a summary of all the critical points in the knowledge of the field, it is an analysis, primarily. The literature review provides a summary and synthesis of the literature, categorized in a defined organizational pattern. Do the following in a literature review: Reinterpret old materials in the light of new information in the field, thereby, combine old with new materials. Doing the above step will help you in providing the chain of progression of knowledge in the field. Evaluate the sources and provide an overview of significant works to your problem. Identify gaps that exist in the chain of knowledge, which can be exploited for further research. Provide the information on research gaps when concluding the literature review.
- 13. SOURCING AND SCREENING LITERATURE The first step in sourcing and screening literature is understanding what you need to read in order to gain a better understanding of the field. For seasoned academics this is an easy and unconscious process. They have developed such an understanding of their subject that searching for and determining an articles relevance can be done seamlessly. For newer academics and students, its a skill that must be mastered. They will often have to think for longer about what their research topic covers, and formulating effective search term before even identifying potential papers to read. It is common to filter these search results to only show papers from the last 3-5 years these are normally the most relevant papers due to the fast advancements being made.
- 14. BEGINNING THE SCREENING PROCESS At this point, researchers often begin the screening process by checking the title for keywords to see if anything picks their interest and looking at the papers citation count to gauge its significance or impact.
- 15. This means the reader will have to be very critical when reading abstracts to find papers which may have embellished facts, or overlook key information. After the abstract has been screened, the paper will fall into one of three categories: Definitely read; Definitely dont read; and, more information is needed. When further information is needed to make a decision, the reader will usually consult the conclusion, and possibly the results section a process that can take time and effort, and not necessarily provide the certainty that busy academics need when screening literature.