literature-review.info

Now we will check what you know about the literature review. So, guess if the following statement is correct.

Literature review means you take a book and read it. After you have read it, you think of the advantages and disadvantages of the book or just share them with somebody. And that is it. I have done the literature review.

If you think that the literature review is something that is described above, you have no idea of it. Literature review is much more complicated and we are going to tell you the truth about it.

Actually it is a process of colleting information. If to be short, you choose a topic and start looking for all the possible materials on it. Do not think that you will have to look for some outstanding books or something like that. You can find some simple articles, pamphlets and so on.

If you have to make a literature review, you will have to discuss the materials you have found on a certain topic. It is going to be a kind of summary of the sources. Here you should remember one thing. The reader actually will not be interested in your point of view. The audience does not want to know whether you have a negative or positive attitude towards something. Your aim is simply make a … review.

Automatically one question may arise in your head. What is the difference between the literature review and the research papers that are made at the colleges/universities? We can show you this difference.

1. First and foremost, literature review can be a part of the research paper itself.
2. Research paper presupposes the presentation of your own thoughts and ideas. In the literature review you are analyzing the thoughts and ideas of other people.
3. Research paper is more about the argument. It also makes a review of the sources but this list is quite limited. Literature review should not necessarily contain the argument but it is essential to discuss a considerable number of sources.

Now, you have the general idea of the literature review and if necessary you will be able to make one.