Conducting a Timely Literature Search
Dan Siebert recently published a book chapter titled "Conducting a Timely Literature Search". The title of the book where Dan's chapter appeared is Designing, Conducting, and Publishing Quality Research in Mathematics Education and was edited by Keith Leatham. Dan has answered a few questions about this chapter below: Who would you say is the target audience for this chapter? Graduate students and new faculty in mathematics education. What is the big problem you hoped to address with this chapter? Literature searches can often be overwhelming and take an inordinate amount of time. This chapter offers practical advice for saving time and effort in completing a literature search. What are come of the key ideas in the chapter? Key ideas include creating and maintaining a reading list of relevant sources, reading…