08/04/2023
How Do You Write Literature Review?? [ Ajit'sⱽᵒᶦᶜᵉ ]
✓ Begin your research by using the library databases to locate peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles, books, and other sources to discuss in your literature review.
✓ Save ALL sources that you find. Save electronic sources to a folder on your computer, flash drive, or cloud, and photocopy pages from books, magazines, or other print sources.
✓ The most important thing to do as you gather sources is to annotate. Highlight, underline, write in the margins, take notes, or flag pages with Post-Its. This will not only help you to keep track of sources’ main points but also help you to see patterns, find common themes, and identify gaps in the research.
✓ Throughout your research, you may find that several of your sources refer to a particular scholar, work, or study. This repetition usually indicates that the scholar, work, or study is a classic source in this field, and therefore, you should try to locate the source as it could be a fundamental piece of your literature review.
✓ If at one point in your research, you get stuck, one of the best things you can do is to consult the Works Cited/References/Bibliography sections of the most helpful sources that you have found. These sections will list a multitude of sources that may be worth consulting. Other useful sections to check for sources are the footnotes and endnotes of a work.
✓ If you are unsure of how many sources you need to gather before writing your literature re-view, read until you feel that you have a thorough understanding of the topic you are re-viewing.
✓ Once you feel that you are ready to begin writing your literature review, organize your sources and your notes to help guide you as you write.
