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Selecting and Synthesizing Information From Relevant Literature
Selecting and Synthesizing Information From Relevant Literature
Introduction
Topic sentence that states the broad topic of your thesis Following sentence/s that state
what is included/excluded (parameters) Final sentence/s that signals list of key
topics that will be used to discuss the selected sources
Body
Divide up your text into sections/topics as indicated in the last sentence of your introduction. Each
paragraph will be a synthesis of the many texts that you have chosen for your literature review.
Conclusion
This is summary of all the related literature and studies. It may composed of 5 to 10
Sentence
•Guide in writing a literature review;
5. Review the literature. What was the research question of the study you are
reviewing? What were the authors trying to discover? Was the research funded by a
source that could influence the findings? What were the research methodologies?
Analyze its literature review, the samples and variables used, the results, and the
conclusions. Does the research seem to be complete? Could it have been conducted
more soundly? What further questions does it raise? If there are conflicting studies,
why do you think that is? How are the authors viewed in the field? If so, how has it
been analyzed?
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