Literature Review 1. Find Technical Resources Literature Review 2. Review Previous Work 3.

Report and Reference

1. Technical Resources
Usually peer reviewed
Journals / Technical Papers Conference Proceedings

Technical Resources

No quality control
The Internet Trade Literature. Product Information. Brochures Technical Reports www.see.ed.ac.uk/~tstratfo/teaching/CEEres.htm

The Internet: good for getting an initial feel for a subject... but no quality control

Technical Journals: Proceedings of the ICE American Society of Civil Engineers

Literature Databases: Allow you to search Journals, Conference Papers Links to online versions of Resources

Literature Databases: Allow you to search Journals, Conference Papers Links to online versions of Resources

Literature Databases: Allow you to search Journals, Conference Papers Links to online versions of Resources

IHS: CIRIA, IStructE, SCI, Concrete Society, nCE+

1. Technical Resources

2. Review
Is the reference really relevant to your work ? What are the credentials of the reference ? Peer reviewed ? Sponsored by a particular company ? Used by other researchers ? Will it still be available in 25 years time ?

How does this reference relate to other work you have found ? Complementary ? Contradictory ? www.see.ed.ac.uk/~tstratfo/teaching/CEEres.htm

3. Report and Reference

A Literature Review is not just a list of journal papers with a description of what each one describes. A Literature Review must: Connect together and contrast different references. Critically comment on previous work. Provide the context for your own work. Identify conclusions to carry forward into your own work. The Literature Review must be thoroughly referenced: To acknowledge intellectual property. To allow the reader to locate and read your references for themselves.

3. Report and Reference

A Literature Review is not just a list of journal papers with a description of what each one describes. A Literature Review must: Connect together and contrast different references. Critically comment on previous work. Provide the context for your own work. Identify conclusions to carry forward into your own work. The Literature Review must be thoroughly referenced: To acknowledge intellectual property. To allow the reader to locate and read your references for themselves.

3. Report and Reference

3. Report and Reference

3. Report and Reference

Literature Review 1. Find Technical Resources 2. Review Previous Work 3. Report and Reference

J. Y. Ooi and J. M. Rotter, Measured pressures in full-scale silos: a new understanding, C418/037, IMechE, pp. 15-35, 1991. (Names, Title, Volume/Number, Publication, Pages, Year)