Reference+Relevance+Tool

=Reference Relevance Tool (Literature Review) (GWU EMSE 216-8000)=

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Patrice Jackson took a writing course. One of the things she learned during the course was how to set up an use an excel spreadhsheet to rank potential sources.
 * Besides essential citation data. Things to collect include Research Focus, some personal indexing information (Code), Instrument/Method, notes releveant to the your review purpose (like numbers of COPs (N)), Findings, Subjects. whether you have already obtained (the ones you want) and sometimes a Note or two.
 * Code in this sample apprears to be B-Book, Case, LR, data, D-Dissertation, opinion.
 * Additional fields added to "Prototype Database" were Reserach Focus, Subjects, Instrument/Method, and Findings.


 * Rank is relevance. Phil suggest 5 to 1 with possible definitions: 5) Critical Reference; 4) Strongly Applicable; 3) Applicable; 2) May be applicable; 1) Not direclty applicable
 * Author, Year, Citation, Research Focus, Instrustment/Method and Finidings are key fields
 * Technology, Process may be research topic specific fields
 * Need some help from Patrice on what we should use fields like Wenger, Subject, N for.
 * Notes may be really useful later.
 * Have? might be nice to annotate as well
 * Phil reccomends take the time to ** PUT QUOTES AROUND AND COPIED MATERIAL **


 * Prototype Database **

Patrice suggested that an MS Access Database could also be used. Phil has is setting one up that you can check out. Current entity drawing model:




 * Sources**
 * Jackson, Patrice (2011). Email, subject: "lit review matrix." received Tuesday, February 8, 2011 1:38 PM. With MS Excel attachment

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