Literature Review
- Research Writing
- Literature Review
- What is a Literature Review?
- What are the different (Three) Phases of Literature Review?
- What are the different steps and strategies followed while writing a Literature review?
- Moves in the Literature review (Structure) – Schematic Structure
- What are the different Standards for doctoral literature reviews (Boote and Beile, 2005)
- How to Read, Summarize, and critique previous studies (Seliger and Shohamy, 1989)
- A Checklist to ensure as to whether a piece of writing is academic or not
- Important factors to consider when evaluating a reference for an academic article / dissertation
- How to organize your literature review and the critics from examiners for your literature review
Important factors to consider when evaluating a reference for an academic article / dissertation
Content:
- Good arguments
- Shows evidence for claims
- Reliable
- Shows Limitations
- Biased
- Strong Content
- Weak content
Context in discipline
- Landmark article
- A useful contribution to the field
- Agrees with current thought
- Contradicts current thought
- Good Introduction to the field
Methodology
- Strong reasoning
- Replication possible
- Adequate sample size
Author
- Good academic standing
- Refers to other authors
- Writing easy to understand
Relevance
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- Recent Publication
- Reliable source
- Same purpose as your own research
- Relevant to your study
- The country where the research was conducted relates to your own research