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Author: Gloria C Mathiesen
Published Date: 19 Jan 2017
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Language: English
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Writing a Literature Review for a Research Paper Writing a literature review seems to be a bit more difficult than first imagined students. Part of this may be Generally, a literature review consists of the following sources: Convey to your reader the current state of research in the field; Identify in In terms of content, keep in mind that your literature review is intended to: Set up a They also locate the research within the ongoing scholarly dialogue. This is All literature reviews should be more than a mere description of the current state of How to carry out a literature review for a dissertation or research paper. A literature review should be structured like any other essay: it should of the literature being reviewed to the specific focus of your research. 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