Literature Review Readings

University of Toronto:

Information Seeking: Effective scanning of literature for sources that might be useful.

Critical Appraisal: The act of appraising the review with principles of analysis to identify well done and unbiased research from biased research.

University of North Carolina:

Before Writing a Literature Review:

Clarify your Assignment
Find Models
Narrow Your Topic
Make sure your Sources are Current

Basic Categories of a Literature Review:

Introduction
Body
Conclusions/Recommendations

Widener University:

Outlining: Provides a linear structure to your research that can be followed logically and sequentially.

Ways of Organizing a Literature Review:

Thematic Organization
Arguments in the Field
Conceptual Analysis
Critical Review of Methodology