Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Current research
Historical background Relevant theories 1- Your work expands
context---- questions,
of research and concepts the research field or
issues, debates etc.
fills gaps
2- Supporting
evidence the problem
Literature Reviews Found in Journals
Introduce research related to this specific study in the Presents and analyzes as much relevant
introduction section. literature possible to explain background and
Shorter than stand-alone Add
contextContents Title
reviews Broader in scope
Narrower in scope.
It has headings which tell what kind of
For e.g. a literature review having 4 literature is being discussed.
paragraphs with 1-2 sources per
paragraph More extended analysis
Structure of a Literature Review for an Article
General specific
Topic background supporting studies
Introduction (scope
and structure)
Background
01
Go back and check the
literature while
reformulating ideas
02
your study
These steps can be
applied to all kinds of
04
literature reviews
RESEARCH ----
Collect scholarly information
and sources
A- Atherosclerosis
B- Hypertension
C- Obesity
STEP 5
• Identify the missing parts in previous studies that your study addre
sses.
Demonstrate how con
• Highlight concepts that support your hypothesis, methods, results
cepts in the literature r or conclusions
elate to results of stud For a stand-alone literature review:
y; establish how the lit
erature is connected • Highlight the concepts in each article and show how they strengthe
n a hypothesis or show a pattern.
• Identify unaddressed issues in previous studies
• Identify what is accurate and what is out of scope in these works
STEP 6
Identify relations
hips in the literat
ure and connect
your own ideas t Focus on the connections between the literature and the current stud
o them. y or guiding concept argument
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