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7. Writing for Academic Audiences

10. Defining Literature Reviews

… straightforward answer is that a Literature Review is a review or synthesis of all the…That leads me to Literature Reviews. Whenever you want to know the state of a field of research…In other words, the goal of a Literature Review is to find the sweet spot where the most…… to switch gears to writing a Literature Review, but there are some distinct advantages…… typical research paper and a Literature Review is your purpose and strategy. Tell me if…In contrast, when you write a Literature Review, the sources themselves dictate what you'll…… point/thesis that controls your Literature Review paper structure, but it will be a claim…Literature Review… about the difference between Literature Reviews and the traditional research papers you're…Literature Reviews are like getting filled in by an old friend. Only this time, you're explaining…… trying out this new genre of a Literature Review as opposed to a traditional research paper.…… instructors are now assigning Literature Review papers rather than traditional research…… You'll find after you focus on the Literature Review that finding and evaluating any type…… thanking me for assigning them a Literature Review because it's helped them with research…… take on the task of writing a Literature Review, I thought I'd mention that literature…… funding begins with an extensive Literature Review to justify the need for the research…… of science and social science, Literature Reviews can also be published on their own. For…… are the only ones who rely on Literature Reviews, recall the last time you went on Wikipedia.…… is a long way of saying that Literature Reviews are a part of life. They're a huge part…10.1 What's a Literature Review?10.2 How is a Literature Review different from a typical Research Paper?10.3 Literature Reviews in the Social SciencesLiterature Reviews are Source DrivenLiterature Reviews: Catching up with Old FriendsWhy Literature Reviews?Published Literature ReviewsPopular Literature Reviews

12. Writing Literature Reviews

11. Planning Literature Reviews

… involves the steps for writing your Literature Review, the discussion questions in each…… Because for a big paper like a Literature Review, the more you prepare and plan, the better…… conversation. For this reason, a good Literature Reviewer synthesizes the sources—compares…“A Literature Review can be just a simple summary of the sources, but it usually has…… though the past is your focus in a Literature Review, like in the movie Back to the Future,…… you're writing a stand-alone Literature Review, then you don't need to look for all the…… report rather than a synthesized Literature Review. Students in fields like Public Health…… leading to the ultimate goal of a Literature Review, which is to show where researchers…… conversation is taking. This is why Literature Reviews are generally organized around themes…… structure her outline for her Literature Review.… this throughout your paper, your Literature Review will be much more sophisticated than…… think through the structure of a Literature Review.A Literature Review follows a general structure. As you start organizing your ideas and…… each of the main elements of Literature Review structure, but instead of talking about…… ready to create the crux of your Literature Review: the thesis statement. But don't be…… and that justifies writing a Literature Review—now that you've read and analyzed your…… paper. If you're organizing your Literature Review chronologically or by methodology instead…… main findings or "results" in a Literature Review. So your thesis statement—or main…… typical research paper and a Literature Review is that in the former, a thesis statement…… where you're going with your Literature Review, then this can be a great way to start filling…Here is an example of a Literature Review outline for one of my student's papers. Pay attention…… of the structure for your own Literature Review, you're ready to start drafting your paper. …

13. Crafting Proposals

16. Creating Public Texts

8. Finding & Evaluating Sources

9. Discussing & Citing Sources

5. Style

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