KEEPING TRACK OF THE LITERATURE

Author(
s) Last
Name(s
) & Year

Problem/
Purpose
(w/ page
numbers)

Data
Collection
Instruments
& Procedure
w/ page
numbers

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

Sample,
population,
or subjects
w/ page
numbers

Method (e.g. case study,

ethnography, survey research)
Quantitative, Qualitative,
Mixed Methods)- w/ page
numbers

Key Findings
(quote or
summarize in
authors terms)w/ page numbers

Implications
OR Lesson
learned

17.
18.
19.
20.

Method: LR=literature review; #=quantitative; Q=qualitative; MM=mixed method;

ALSO ITS SUGGESTED THAT YOU MAKE A NOTE TO YOURSELF WITH EACH ENTRY ABOUT
ITS PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE/VALUE.