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For a focused scientific review, see systematic review.

A literature review is a body of text that determines the aims to review the critical points of current knowledge including substantive findings as well as theoretical and methodological contributions to a particular topic. Literature reviews are secondary sources, and as such, do not report any new or original experimental work. Also, a literature review can be interpreted as a review of an abstract accomplishment. Most often associated with academic-oriented literature, such as a thesis, a literature review usually precedes a research proposal and results section. Its main goals are to situate the current study within the body of literature and to provide context for the particular reader. [edit]Further

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christopher, Aidan (2012). stock/inventory management system Cooper, H. (1998). Synthesizing Research: A Guide for Literature Reviews. Dellinger, A. (2005). Validity and the Review of Literature. Research in the Schools, 12(2), 41-54. Dellinger, A. B. & Leech, N. L. (2007). Toward a Unified Validation Framework in Mixed Methods Research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, Vol. 1, No. 4, 309-332.

Galvan, J.L. (1999). Writing Literature Reviews. Green, B.N., Johnson, C.D.,and Adams, A. (2006) Writing Narrative Literature Reviews for Peer-Reviewed Journals: Secrets of the Trade. Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, 5(3), pp. 101114.

Hart, C. (1998) Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination. United Kingdom. London: Sage ISBN 0-7619-5974-2 Set book Open University Social Science Masters. Pages 230.

Hart, C. (2001) Doing a Literature Search: A Guide for the Social Sciences. United Kingdom. London: Sage. ISBN 0 761 6809 1 Pages 194.

Hart, C. (2008) Literature Reviewing and Argumentation. In The Postgraduate's Companion, (eds.) Gerard Hall and Jo Longman. UKGrad. United Kingdom. London: Sage ISBN 978-1-4129-3026-0

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Empirical study of literature

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The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It (University of Toronto) Literature Reviews (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) How to Write a Literature Review (UCSC) The literature review (Deakin) Software tools for a literature review: A tutorial that explains how mind maps, pdf readers and reference managers can be used to a literature review (see first part of the tutorial)

review of literature (UW-Madison)

The Literature Review (Central Queensland) How to do a Literature Review (North Carolina A&T State library)

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