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Write a Literature Review
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"Writing Literature Reviews"

This weblink briefly highlights why and how literature reviews are written with both pre- and post-writing tips for writing literature reviews.

What will I be able to do after reading this handout?
  • Know how a literature review can contribute to your understanding of a particular topic.
  • Show how past research on a topic leads to a need for your current research project.
  • Conduct a literature review search and narrow its focus.
  • Create an organizing principle to prepare for writing the literature review.
  • Detect common problems with literature reviews and correct them.
When might I use this handout?
  • When you are in a rush and just want a quick overview of literature reviews.
  • When you are overwhelmed with the amount of research you have collected and don't know how to limit the scope of your project.
How should I use this handout?
  • As a list of prompts/questions to provide direction and focus during the initial stages of the literature review process.
  • As a step by step guide in collecting, organizing and writing about each piece of research.
Why should I use this handout?
  • To help you choose the most relevant articles for your research topic so you can tell your readers why you have chosen these articles to present in defense of your proposed research project.
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