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 gaps in the existing research. A good literature review doesn’t just summarize sources – it analyzes, synthesizes, and critically evaluates to give a clear picture of the state of knowledge that you have gathered on the subject.
Writing a literature review involves finding relevant publications (such as books and journal articles), critically analyzing them, and explaining what you found. There are five key steps:
Search for relevant literature
Evaluate sources
Identify themes, debates, and gaps
Outline the structure
Write your literature review
You need a minimum of four (4) scholarly sources. This shows that your topic has credibility and you have gathered your information from an unbiased source. You will summarize each source you are using to gather your information. Blogs are biased opinions; therefore, you may not use them. You will also include your three (3) research questions that will guide your research. Review the example.
Please be certain to look at the example of how to write a Literature Review. An example is provided for you in Couse Content. You may also look at the Prospectus and see how it should be prepared.
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