Université La Sagesse

BUS602
Research Methods
23 Feb 23
 Review
• Is research useful?

• Data

• What has been done before?

Literature Review
 Literature Review
• What are you looking for?

• Example:
– Primary search
– Follow-up
• Shallow
• Intensive
 Literature Review
• Sources:
– Reports
– Books
– Online articles
– Scientific papers
• Reviewed & Published
• Working papers
 Scientific Papers
– Summaries
– Reading
• Skimming/Scanning
• Thorough
– Valid questions? Ask.
– Citing in your research:
• General.
• Quoting vs. Paraphrasing.
 Learning
• Assignment One:
– Select a topic; better it be about your thesis or
related to it.
– Draft 1-page relevant literature.
• The page has to have a minimum of 5 different sources.
• At least one of the sources has to be a scientific paper.