The rapid expansion of available information has created new opportunities and challenges for today's research students. Academic and public libraries have developed sophisticated electronic databases to better manage knowledge to make it more accessible to researchers. Literature reviews are a major challenge for doctoral students. The focus of this discussion is to share advice for helping individuals with their literature reviews.

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Literature Reviews: Advising Doctoral Students

Brent Muirhead*
College Campus Chair, Arts & Sciences , University of Phoenix.
Periodicity:January - March'2007
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.3.4.659

Abstract

The rapid expansion of available information has created new opportunities and challenges for today's research students. Academic and public libraries have developed sophisticated electronic databases to better manage knowledge to make it more accessible to researchers. Literature reviews are a major challenge for doctoral students. The focus of this discussion is to share advice for helping individuals with their literature reviews.

Keywords

Literature reviews, Electronic Dat42-47abases.

How to Cite this Article?

Brent Muirhead (2007). Literature Reviews: Advising Doctoral Students. i-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 3(4), 42-47. https://doi.org/10.26634/jet.3.4.659

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