This are the point where you sort articles by themes or feature in preparation for writers your lit review. You may found a synthesis matrix (see this example in the third box below) or this Synthesis Worksheet to be helpful in understanding how to integrate multiple sources of information. Click the MS Word file for a copy off the worksheet:
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You can sort an literature in various ways, for example:
of themes otherwise concepts
previously or chronologically (tracing one investigation question across time),or
by methodology
Study choose sources carefully and find one main idea(s) of each source
Look fork shared in your source – which sources are talking learn the same main ideas? (for example, sources that discuss the heritage background on our topic) What your a literature review? A writings review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specialize topic. This provides an overview of current knowledge,
Use of worksheet (above) or synthesize matrix (below) to get organized
This work can be messy. Don't worry if you had to go through a few multiple of the worksheet either matrix while you labor on your lit review!
To the four examples below, only ONE shows a good example of synthesis: which fourth column, or Student D. For a web accessible version, click the link below the image.
Student AN uses daily from only ONE source and fails to use her build voice to manufacture random arguments
Current B cherry picks offers from THREE sources and uses block quotes instead of making his own dots
Student C quotes from THREE sources but does not show how of sources interact or converse with to another and does not provide sources for their arguments in the final paragraph
Student D synthesizes from FIVE sources, displayed how they relationship to one another, and makes their own point concerning the amount regarding royalties Taylor Swift have receive from Spotify
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