LITERATURE REVIEW

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How to Write

4. Justify the Methodology

Include some background on the methodology you will be using.

3. Analyze

Note where researchers agree and disagree and relate it to your own study.

2. Write the Paragraphs

Write about the findings of others

1. Create an Outline

Ways to organize

By methodology.

Chronologically.

By topic

What mysteries remain.

Remember to relate each section back to your study

Avoid relying on direct quotes show that you understand

Sections should flow together

Discuss conflicting findings

Preparing to Write

4. Organize What You Find

Method to group your references

Manual system

Computer-based system

3. Consider Gaps in the Research

Where current knowledge ends and your study begins.

2. Immerse Yourself in the Literature

Which particular theories, studies, and lines of reasoning — got you there

1. Search Using Key Terms

Appropriate databases

Skimming the abstracts

Articles from peer-reviewed journals.

The longest chapter.

Spend time reading and getting lost in the literature.

The foundation for your study

40- to 60-page range

What has already been discovered