What is Literature review?
Defination:
TATliteratureTreviewTcontainsTaTcriticalTanalysisTandTtheTintegrationTofTinformationTfromTaTnumberTofTsources,TasTwellTasTaTconsiderationTofTanyTgapsTinTtheTliteratureTandTpossibilitiesTforTfutureTresearch.
HowTaTliteratureTreviewTisTdifferentTfromTacademicTresearchTpaper?
TheTmainTfocusTofTanTacademicTresearchTpaperTisTtoTdevelopTaTnewTargument,TandTaTresearchTpaperTisTlikelyTtoTcontainTaTliteratureTreviewTasToneTofTitsTparts.T
InTaTresearchTpaper,TyouTuseTtheTliteratureTasTaTfoundationTandTasTsupportTforTaTnewTinsightTthatTyouTcontribute.T
PurposesTofTwritingTaTliteratureTreview:
LiteratureTreviewsTprovideTyouTwithTaThandyTguideTtoTaTparticularTtopic.T
IfTyouThaveTlimitedTtimeTtoTconductTresearch,TliteratureTreviewsTcanTgiveTyouTaoverviewTorTactTasTaTsteppingTstone.
ForTscholars,TtheTdepthTandTbreadthTofTtheTliteratureTreviewTemphasizesTtheTcre–dibilityTofTtheTwriterTinThisTorTherTfield.T
LiteratureTreviewsTalsoTprovideTaTsolidTbackgroundTforTaTresearchTpapersTinvest-igation.T
ToTfindToutTwhatTinformationTalreadyTexistTinTyourTfieldTofTresearch
IdentifyTgapsTinTtheTliterature
FindTotherTpeopleTworkingTinTyourTfield
ProvideTaTcontextTforTyourTownTresearch
ShowTrelationshipsTbetweenTpreviousTtheoriesTorTstudies
WhatTshouldTweTdoTbeforeTwritingTtheTliteratureTreview?
Clarify:TIfTyourTassignmentTisTnotTveryTspecific,TseekTclarificationTfromTyourTinstructor.
FindTmodels:TlookTforTotherTliteratureTreviewsTinTyourTareaTofTinterestTandTreadTthemTtoTgetTaTsenseTofTtheTtypesTofTthemesTyouTmightTwantTtoTlookTfo-rTinTyourTownTresearchTorTwaysTtoTorganizeTyourTfinalTreview.
NarrowTyourTtopic:TTheTnarrowerTyourTtopic,TtheTeasierTitTwillTbeTtoTlimitTtheTnumberTofTsourcesTyouTneedTtoTreadTinTorderTtoTgetTaTgoodTsurveyTofTtheTmaterial.T
ConsiderTwhetherTyourTsourcesTareTcurrent:
UseTtheTcurrentTsourceTforTsearchingTorTfindingTtheTdata
StrategiesTforTwritingTtheTliteratureTreview
FindTaTfocus
ConveyTitTtoTyourTreader
DevelopTanTorganizationTforTyourTreviewTatTbothTaTglobalTandTlocalTlevel:
First,TcoverTtheTbasicTcategories
TheTfollowingTprovidesTaTbriefTdescriptionTofTtheTcontentTofTeach:
Introduction:TGivesTaTquickTideaTofTtheTtopicTofTtheTliteratureTreview,TsuchTasTtheTcentralTthemeTorTorganizationalTpattern.
Body:TContainsTyourTdiscussionTofTsourcesTandTisTorganizedTeitherTchronologically,Tthematically,TorTmethodologicallyT(seeTbelowTforTmoreTinformationTonTeach).
Conclusions/Recommendations:TDiscussTwhatTyouThaveTdrawnTfromTreviewingTliteratureTsoTfar.TWhereTmightTtheTdiscussionTproceed?
NowTconsiderTsomeTtypicalTwaysTofTorganizingTtheTsourcesTintoTaTreview:
ChronologicalT
ByTpublicationT
ByTtrend
Thematic
Methodological
.HereTareTaTfewTotherTsectionsTyouTmightTwantTtoTconsider:
CurrentTSituation:TInformationTnecessaryTtoTunderstandTtheTtopicTorTfocusTofT
theTliteratureTreview.
History:TTheTchronologicalTprogressionTofTtheTfield,TtheTliterature,TorTanTideaTthatTisTnecessaryTtoTunderstandTtheTliteratureTreview,TifTtheTbodyTofTtheTliteratureTreviewTisTnotTalreadyTaTchronology.
MethodsTand/orTStandards:TTheTcriteriaTyouTusedTtoTselectTtheTsourcesTinTyourTliteratureTreviewTorTtheTwayTinTwhichTyouTpresentTyourTinformation
QuestionsTforTFurtherTResearch:TWhatTquestionsTaboutTtheTfieldThasTtheTreviewTsparked?THowTwillTyouTfurtherTyourTresearchTasTaTresultTofTtheTreview?
BeginTcomposing:
OnceTyouveTsettledTonTaTgeneralTpatternTofTorganization,TyoureTreadyTtoTwriteTeachTsection.TThereTareTaTfewTguidelinesTyouTshouldTfollowTduringTtheTwritingTstageTasTwell.T
UseTevidence
BeTselective
UseTquotesTsparingly
SummarizeTandTsynthesize
KeepTyourTownTvoice
UseTcautionTwhenTparaphrasing
Revise,Trevise,Trevise
References:
Anson,TChrisTM.TandTRobertTA.TSchweglerTTheTLongmanTHandbookTforTWritersTandTReaders.TSecondTedition.TNewTYork:TLongman,T2000.
Jones,TRobert,TPatrickTBizzaro,TandTCynthiaTSelfe.TTheTHarcourtTBraceTGuideTtoTWritingTinTtheTDisciplines.TNewTYork:THarcourtTBrace,T1997.