Literature Review for Undergraduate Dissertation: The Purpose An Academic presentation by Dr. Nancy Agnes, Head, Technical Operations, Tutors India Group: www.tutorsindia.com Email: info@tutorsindia.com
TODAY'S DISCUSSION Introduction to Literature Review Goal of a Literature Review Literature Review and Essay: A Comparison Need Help with Writing a Literature Review?
INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE REVIEW During the course of writing your undergraduate dissertation, there will be a time when you have to take up the task of writing a literature review. For those who are unaware, a literature review which instrumental signifyin is deemed as be an integral part of academic would in and knowledge g writing understandi abouta particular topic. academi literature regarding ng c Contd...
However, the important aspect that academic researchers need to know is that, literature review is not just about writing, on the contrary, it would c omprise of critically assessing the literature. That’s the main reason why it is known as a litera ture review. Otherwise, it could have very well been termed as a literature report. In order to exemplify the variation amongst reviewing and reporting, let’s consider the example of movie or television review write-ups.
Such write-ups would be inclusive of a brief synopsis of a movie or a television programme, the key aspects from the programme or movie, along with an analysis of the same by a critic. A report on the other hand would just cover the main points of the movie or programme and will not critically analyze it. Likewise, the two key objectives of a literature review would refer to; the content that encompasses the extant literature, evidence and theories, and second, critical evaluation on the part of the person writing the review, while discussing the content in detail.
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Generally, a literature review makes up an integral aspect of a bachelors dissertation or bachelor's thesis, long essay or research project. Nonetheless, in certain instances, it can be created and evaluated as an individual piece of writing. It is impossible to write a literature review for a PhD without a thorough understanding of the selected research field, access to the most recent and credible academic sources, and a highly critical and evaluative writing style. At Tutors India we have highly qualified professionals who have more than 10 yrs of experience in relevant research fields to guide your work.
GOAL OF A LITERATURE REVIEW According to [4] “…your task is to build an argument, not a library” Within larger academic writing projects such as bachelor’s dissertation or bachelor’s thesis, researchers usually opt to tackle the literature review task first, following the finalization of the topic for research. Reading through existing literary works, in tandem with critical evaluation of the text proves to be beneficial in further enhancement of the topic in question and also facilitates the research questions to be framed.
The main goal of a literature review is to establish familiarity with and develop an understanding about the present research in a specific domain, prior to delving into executing a new investigation. Executing a review of literature would facilitate you to seek similar research that has been carried out in the past and identify aspects relating to your topic that requires further research. In a nutshell, the goal of a literature review would
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Assist you in finding
gaps within the current literature. Restricts the need to reinvent the wheel by finding similar research that has already been done in the past.
To give you an idea about aspects from your topic that have already been investigated. Augment the breadth of your knowledge and understanding in your area of research. Locate seminal works that have been carried out in the past. Facilitate you to offer an intellectual setting for your research and bring your research at par with other similar researches conducted in the past. To look at opposing viewpoints for the same topic.
Allow you to find suitableresearch methodsthat could be possibly applied within your research. A dissertation literature review contributes 40 percent weight of research work. Tutors India Literature Review writing enables candidates to perform the best of their ability. We assist the candidates in each step of their research work from topic selection to complete dissertation.
LITERATURE REVIEW AND ESSAY: A COMPARISON
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