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Chapter 13: Term Papers and Review Articles - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 13: Term Papers and Review Articles
Purpose of reviews
- Distinguish between review articles and term papers
Term Paper
-
Purpose
: Report on topic that also shows student's stand on topic, also serves as assignment for a grade.
Audience
: Instructor
Source material
: Mixed literature(primary, secondary, and tertiary)
Author
: Undergraduate, graduate student
Review Paper/Article
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Purpose
: Peer-reviewed, scholarly published article. Serves as a secondary resource for others. Provides scientist with up-to-date info on a topic, gives a critical evaluation of the original research findings of others.
Audience
: Readers of academic journal
Source Material
: Mainly primary literature
Author
: Professional scientist
Deciding on the topic
Select a topic of appeal and importance
- typically issues that are of interest to the scientific community and where sufficient source material exists,
Look at tertiary sources for a preliminary search to get an idea. Secondary sources to work on an outline, and primary sources to fill in the outline.
Format
For review papers and term papers, follow the overall structure:
Title
,
Abstract
(if required),
Intro
,
Main Analysis section
,
Conclusion
and/or
Recommendations
,
Acknowledgements
(only for articles for publication), &
References
.
Create an outline and subsections based on gathered info
Write iteratively
- start writing the review article by linking all the ideas under each subheading
Title
Make the title short but informative. Short titles are preferred by most readers.
Abstract
Write the abstract as a table of contents in paragraph form, and include:
Background(optional),Problem statement (optional), Topic of review, overview of contents.
Introduction
Organize the introduction in this way: Background, Unknown or problem, topic of review, overview of content
Phrase your topic statement carefully. The topic statement of a review paper is similar to the question or purpose of a research paper.
Main Analysis
Organize the main analysis section logically into subsections: Chronologically, thematically, methodologically. Consider including other subsections as needed. Logically organize info within the main analysis subsections. To do this summarize, generalize, and organize findings reported in primary sources while also comparing and contrasting them.
Conclusion
In the conclusion section, summarize your topic, generalize any interpretations, and provide some significance. This section is one of the main highlights of a term or review paper. It recaps your review and main conclusions, recommendations, and/or speculations.
References
Cite primary and secondary sources as needed