Collecting literature you want to review and analyze for potential use can quickly become messy, especially when doing your major literature review assignments. Your goal this week is to find a process where you are able to organize your thoughts and keep track of the strengths and weaknesses of different studies while also tracking the arguments and trends you are seeing in the research. Building a literature review matrix is a good start.
As you build the chart, you will be able to begin to identify ideas that appear repeatedly in the research. This will support you in making sense of the many different research approaches as you bring ideas together for synthesis in the literature review. (Please note that a dissertation does not count as peer-reviewed primary research because it is not peer-reviewed, but may be used as a supplemental source.)
The following videos can guide you in developing your literature review matrix:
◦ Literature Review Matrix (Week 2) (Concordia University Portland – Online, 2016a)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx6WHCD_WEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX2R9FzYhT0