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  1. How to Write a Literature Review

    When you write a thesis, dissertation, or research paper, you will likely have to conduct a literature review to situate your research within existing knowledge. The literature review gives you a chance to: 1. De…

  2. Literature review as a research methodology: An overview and …

    This paper discusses literature review as a methodology for conducting research and offers an overview of different types of reviews, as well as some guidelines to how to both …

  3. Writing an Effective Literature Review

    A literature review is a survey of published work relevant to a particular issue, field of research, topic or theory. It will never be about everything and should have clearly defined limits. This …

  4. Literature Reviews

    Literature reviews provide you with a handy guide to a particular topic. If you have limited time to conduct research, literature reviews can give you an overview or act as a stepping stone. For professionals, they are useful reports …

  5. What is a Literature Review?

    A literature review is a survey of scholarly sources on a specific topic. It provides an overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant theories, methods, and …

  6. Research Guides: Literature Reviews: What is a Literature Review?

    A literature review is a review and synthesis of existing research on a topic or research question. A literature review is meant to analyze the scholarly literature, make …

  7. Writing a literature review

    Conducting a literature review is essential for developing a research idea, to consolidate what is already known about a subject and to enable you to identify any knowledge …

  8. Research Guides: Literature Reviews: Getting Started

    This comprehensive guide is designed for students preparing an honours thesis, graduating paper, Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation. What is a literature review? …

  9. Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper

    A literature review may consist of simply a summary of key sources, but in the social sciences, a literature review usually has an organizational pattern and combines both …