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How do I conduct a literature review?Click to collapse
A literature review is a list of books and articles on a specific topic, grouped by theme and evaluated with regard to one’s research. The purpose of a literature review is to get a feel for the agreed academic opinion on the subject (the connections), discover the disagreements on the subject (the contradictions), and find opportunities for developing and expressing one’s own opinions (the gaps).
LibGuides on Referencing
A LibGuide designed to help you survive at all undergraduate and postgraduate levels this essential and the longest component of the research process, the literature review. Written clearly and colloquially, this LibGuide is alternately comprehensive and concise in parts.
Libguide: Savvy Researcher Workshop Series: What is a Literature Review?
Libguide: Savvy Researcher Workshop Series: What is a Literature Review?
A comprehensive single-read document covering the literature review process, presented at the annual and popular UCT Libraries Savvy Researcher workshop series.