Literature reviews

Hi all,
One of the first things you're going to work towards in this module is a draft of your literature review. There are some really useful sites around in relation to literature reviews -- explaining their purpose, outlining key sections, giving advice on how to approach them. You will find it useful to have a look at some of them.

One of my favourites, from the University of Toronto, notes that "A literature review is a piece of discursive prose, not a list describing or summarizing one piece of literature after another. It's usually a bad sign to see every paragraph beginning with the name of a researcher. Instead, organize the literature review into sections that present themes or identify trends, including relevant theory". Keep this in mind as you begin to think and write.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison also has some useful information about writing literature reviews.