Overview from Deakin University
- Elements of the literature review: a list; a search; a survey; a vehicle for learning; a research facilitator; and a report.
- The literature review does not report new primary scholarship itself.
Overview from the University of Toronto
- A literature review is a piece of discursive prose, not a list describing or summarizing one piece of literature after another. Organize the literature review into sections that present themes or identify trends, including relevant theory. Try to synthesize and evaluate the literature according to the guiding concept of your thesis or research question.
- Writing a literature review lets you gain and demonstrate skills in two areas: (1) information seeking, which is the ability to scan the literature efficiently, using manual or computerized methods, to identify a set of useful articles and books; and (2) critical appraisal, which is the ability to apply principles of analysis to identify unbiased and valid studies.
Overview from UNC
- Literature reviews have thesis statements. A thesis statement will not necessarily argue for a position or an opinion; rather it will argue for a particular perspective on the material.
- Literature reviews should contain at least three basic elements: an introduction or background information section; the body of the review containing the discussion of sources; and, finally, a conclusion and/or recommendations section to end the paper.
- Introduction: Gives a quick idea of the topic of the literature review, such as the central theme or organizational pattern.
- Body: Contains your discussion of sources and is organized either chronologically, thematically, or methodologically (see below for more information on each).
- Conclusions/Recommendations: Discuss what you have drawn from reviewing literature so far. Where might the discussion proceed?
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