Unit 5 - Checklist



About Unit 5


Purpose

How to write a good literature review

Sources

Checklist

Unit review

Checklist

Before and while you proceed with your Literature Review, you may want to consider the following questions:

Do you need a separate section called "Literature Review"? [Sometimes you will decide with your advisor to include the review of the literature in your introduction and not in a separate chapter].

If you do need such a section:

Do you introduce it, explaining what you are going to discuss and how it is organized? [note: do not refer to the literature in this section.]
Are your different sub-sections linked and logically organized?
Do you end your section with a summary? [note: do not refer to the literature in this section.]
Do you mention only works that are directly related to your research problem?
Is your referencing system consistent? [Remember Unit 2 above]
Do all the documents referred to appear in the "References" section at the end of your document?

Check the MIT Library website to read Literature Review sections of theses in your field.

Before you continue, consider this question.

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