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Writing a Good Review Having gone through so much information, you may be suffering from information overload. In case you've forgotten the key ideas behind writing a good literature review, here they are again: Your literature review presentation must be: Clear and concise Free of language errors Easy to understand Your literature review should address the following questions: What do we already know in the immediate area of concerns? What are the characteristics of key concepts/main factors/variables? What are the relationships between these key concepts/characteristics/factors/variables? What are the existing theories? How are they different? What are the inconsistencies or shortcomings? What views need to be tested? Why study the problem? What contribution can the present study be expected to make? What methods seem unsatisfactory> [Image modified from http://singaporebirthdayparty.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/scroll.jpg] You are now all set to start writing your own literature review. Before you start googling and penning down the first word, you may want to go through the quiz to review your understanding on literature review. Remember: Doing a good literature will help to gear your research work in the correct direction. Do it once, do it well! BACK: Citing Sources NEXT: Quiz
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