Course description
The literature review provides both the foundation and the frame for your own research. The literature review:
- Demonstrates that you know the field.
- Justifies the reason for your research.
- Allows you to establish your theoretical framework and methodological focus.
Its preparation requires careful planning and knowledge of various theories and methods underpinning literature searches.
Contents
The course focuses on which sources to search, how to plan the search process and how to design the search strategies. Furthermore, the course will address how to manage the references and how you document and report the search process. The course includes use of the bibliographic databases, supplementing search strategies and reference management in EndNote.
Aim of course
After the course the participants should:
- be able to develop and validate protocols for conducting literature searches
- be able to evaluate search strategies and search results
- have the skills to handle bibliographic references in reference management software
Format
The format of the course is a combination of lectures and practical exercises.
ECTS-credits
0,7
Course director
Professor WSR, Department of design and communication, Tove Faber Frandsen
Course fee
The course is free of charge for PhD students enrolled in Universities that have joined the Open market agreement.
For all other participants the course fee is (2023 prices)
DKK 2.100 ,-
EUR 282,33 ,-