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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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2010
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ931083 |
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Table of Contents:
- Literature Reviews and the Hermeneutic Circle Boell, Sebastian K. Cecez-Kecmanovic, Dubravka Hermeneutics Literature Reviews Criticism Library Role Librarians Researchers Access to Information Research Inservice Education On the Job Training Search Strategies Discourse Analysis Perspective Taking Citation Analysis Citations (References) Adjustment (to Environment) Time Management Conducting a literature review is a vital part of any research. Library and information science (LIS) professionals often play a central role in supporting academics in their efforts to locate relevant publications and in teaching novice researchers skills associated with literature reviews. This paper examines literature review processes with the aim of contributing to a better understanding of their complexity and uncertainty and to propose a new approach to literature reviews: one capable of dealing with such complexity and uncertainty. (Contains 4 figures.)