Deck 5: Conducting the Literature Search

Question 1

To avoid becoming overwhelmed as the reading proceeds,students are encouraged to:

A)Read multiple disciplinary literature reviews to further understand the problem or question.
B)Consult disciplinary experts for practical advice.
C)Organize information in some systematic way so it can be easily accessed later.
D)Rethink the question or problem and reassess the relevant literature.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Some strategies to conduct the initial phase of the literature search include all of the following except:

A)Probing
B)Scrutinize
C)Evaluating
D)Deciding

Answer 2

B

Question 3

How can a researcher reduce the risk of being seduced by what disciplinary experts say?

A)Develop a clear understanding of how the problem should be approached in an interdisciplinary way.
B)Allow the experts approach to determine the researchers understanding.
C)Conclude at the outset of the project that a particular author or a particular theory holds the key to fulling understanding the problem.
D)Determine the validity of the source.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What special challenges face interdisciplinary researchers?

A)There is not enough literature to be searched.
B)Library cataloging is organized along interdisciplinary lines.
C)Complex problems are easily solved within one discipline.
D)Interdisciplinarians must place insights and theories of disciplines within the context of the discipline's perspective to create a better understanding.

Question 5

Quantity of material produced by a discipline should never decide disciplinary relevance.

Question 6

Keyword searches are:

A)The same as subject searches
B)Useful primarily outside a discipline's literature.
C)A bridge between the terminologies of different disciplines.
D)Useful primarily within a discipline's literature

Question 7

Focusing on only what disciplinary experts see does not risks limiting your own ability to see the problem in its entirety.

Question 8

All of the following are reasons for conducting a literature search except:

A)To save time and effort.
B)To develop adequacy in the relevant disciplines.
C)To widen the topic and open the focus of the research question.
D)To discover what scholarly knowledge has been produced on the topic by different disciplines.