Course Number: SK504 Subject: Social Work IntroductionThis guide accompanies an in-class workshop about your annotated bibliography assignment.OBJECTIVE: draft a working plan for reviewing the literature so you can find relevant journal articles. 1. Reviewing LiteratureTHE GOAL: Your annotated bibliography needs to include 15 journal articles relevant to your topic/area of research interest.THE PROCESS: There are different ways to review literature. Your approach needs to fit your goals for the project at hand.Where are the best places to search?What keywords will get you good results?What search tactics will help you identify relevant literature?What tools will help you organize literature? 2. A Narrative Approach to Reviewing LiteratureFor a research proposal (your final assignment), the overarching goal is to figure out what scholarship exists about your area(s) of research interest so you can track the narrative to date and identify where your research fits in that narrative. A narrative approach isn't about finding some articles, it's about tuning into ongoing conversations in the literature. There are creative dimensions to deciphering and assembling conversations in the literature around the topic you’re researching. Narrative review involves interpretation and making connections, in addition to careful investigation, survey, selection, analysis, and synthesis. It can be challenging because:You don’t yet know the plot when you’re just starting out with a topic. There can be deep uncertainty to sit with as you figure out how the pieces fit together.There are many possible narratives to tell. Two people doing a review on the same topic can continue the narratives in different directions.There is so much literature out there. And in different places! 3. Planning Your ApproachPlanning your approach can help you manage the three challenges listed above. The following applies to peer-reviewed journal articles. a) Draft a Search PlanA search plan details the databases, terms, and tactics you'll use to uncover literature. It's a work in progress. Documenting what you do as you go will help you save time, feel confident that your review is thorough, and explain how you got your results. Get ready to build a search strategy! Most people jump in and start trying to find stuff, but that approach doesn't fit your goals for narrative literature review. Below you'll find a search plan template and some guidance about building search strategy so you can use the template effectively. Search Plan Template Building Search StrategyARTICLE DATABASESThere is a list of databases relevant to Social Work. Choose databases to search based on the descriptions.Limit results to peer-reviewed.Sort by most recent publications first.Discover key articles.Recognize key scholars.Avoid missing important results.Cut out irrelevant results. MAJOR CONCEPTS & KEYWORDSWhat are the major concepts in your topic? What are some synonyms or alternate terms you can use? Consider the terms typically used in research literature.Google "synonyms for ..."If you have an on-topic article, see what terms get used in the title/abstract.Major ConceptKeywordsTeenageryouth, adolescents, adolescence, teenagers, teens, young people, young person FIELD SEARCHINGUse the drop-down beside a search box to find terms in specific areas of results. Codes beside each field tell the database where to search for a term.Example: ti("adverse childhood experiences") in PsycINFO (all results will have the term in titles). LIMITSYou can limit results to peer-reviewed or scholarly.A date limit is also sometimes useful. SEARCH TACTICSTry using some of the following database search tactics to get better results.What is the tactic?What does the tactic do?ExamplesBoolean ANDUse AND to ensure that all terms appear in every search result.depression AND home careBoolean ORUse OR to ensure that at least one term appears in every search result.transgender OR LGBTQ OR GLBTPhrase searchingUse “quotation marks” to find more than one term in a row.“housing first”TruncationUse an asterisk* at the end of a term to include multiple endings.trauma*trauma, traumatic, traumatically, traumatize, traumatized, traumatizingWildcardUse a question mark ? within a term to search for variations of a single character.decoloni?edecolonize, decolonise SUBJECTSThese are controlled terms from a database thesaurus that are assigned to articles.Different databases have different thesauri, which affects the subjects you use.Note: you'll usually see a link to the "Subjects Headings" or thesaurus in a database's menu.Example: MESH.EXACT("Health Services for Transgender Persons") in MEDLINEExample: (MH "Transgender Persons+") in CINAHL Major ConceptKeywordsCINAHL SubjectTeenageryouth, adolescents, adolescence, teenagers, teens, young people, young person??? b) Use Seed ArticlesSeed articles represent the kind of research you want to find. They're key works that directly relate to your area of research interest. With just 1 or 2 relevant articles, you can do the following. Figure 2 4 Things You Can Do With Seed Articles C) Citation MappingCitation mapping is a way of tracking conversations across the literature. The example below shows the citation activity within a group of articles about adventure therapy. Figure 3"The Use of Adventure Therapy in Community-Based Mental Health" Citation MapImage Description Why not try Citation Tree with an article you're currently reading! Tools like this can help you visualize citation relationships between articles. 4. Reading Strategies 5. Synthesis MatrixAdapt a synthesis matrix like the one linked below to compare studies across the literature.Synthesis matrix template (Google Doc).