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A Standalone Literature Review: Section Description
A Standalone Literature Review: Section Description
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Astandaloneliteraturereview
Astandaloneliteraturereviewwillusuallyhaveatitlepage,introduction,body,conclusionandreferencessection.
Section
Titlepage+ID
details
Description
YournameandstudentIDnumber
Thetitlegivesaprecisedescriptionoftheassignment
(Thetitlemaybesuppliedbythesubjectlecturer)
Introduction
Givethebackgroundtothetopic
Whyisitimportant?
Whyisitinteresting?
Howdoesitrelatetootherworkinthefield?
Whatisthescopeofthereview?
Howiskeyterminologydefined?
Howistherevieworganised?
Body
Conclusion
References
Presentthereviewsaccordingtotheorganisationyouhavechosen.
Outlinetheresearchusingsummariesandparaphrasesexpressedinyour
ownwords.
Evaluatetheresearch(SeeAnalysetheresearch).
Note:Thinkcarefullyaboutthewaysyouciteinformationfromtheworkof
others(SeeReferencing.)
Note:Thinkcarefullyabouttheverbsyouusewhenyoucitetheworkof
others.
Summarisewhatyouhavewritten.
Identifyanyissuesyouhaveidentified.
Indicateanyfurtherresearchwhichmaybeneeded.
Provideafulllistofallresearchyouhavereferredto.
Ensurethatyouhaveprovidedfulldetails.
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