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  1. Exemplary and Exhaustive Literature Review

    Literature review can be divided into two categories: exemplary and exhaustive. It has been noted that "in the exemplary review, the writer assumes the reader knows about the subject and so presents only key references to reacquaint the reader with representative work that relate to the research study" (Rubin et al, 2009, p.236). An ...

  2. What is the difference between an exemplary review and an exhaustive

    How to create a comprehensive literature review [Course] A young researcher's guide to perspective, commentary, and opinion articles; Note: While the last link is about perspective pieces, we have shared it as an exemplary review is like a perspective piece, though longer. The second link would help you with an exhaustive review.

  3. Checklist for Exhausting the Literature

    Exhaustive checklist for the literature review. Where to get more help. Ask a Librarian. Contact the library to ask questions about research. Response time is typically less than 24 hours. ... are offered in order to brainstorm and develop effective research strategies for the dissertation or doctoral study literature review. Appointments are ...

  4. How to Write a Literature Review

    Examples of literature reviews. Step 1 - Search for relevant literature. Step 2 - Evaluate and select sources. Step 3 - Identify themes, debates, and gaps. Step 4 - Outline your literature review's structure. Step 5 - Write your literature review.

  5. Writing a Literature Review

    Writing a Literature Review. A literature review is a document or section of a document that collects key sources on a topic and discusses those sources in conversation with each other (also called synthesis). The lit review is an important genre in many disciplines, not just literature (i.e., the study of works of literature such as novels and ...

  6. Research Guides: Systematic Reviews: Types of Literature Reviews

    Rapid review. Assessment of what is already known about a policy or practice issue, by using systematic review methods to search and critically appraise existing research. Completeness of searching determined by time constraints. Time-limited formal quality assessment. Typically narrative and tabular.

  7. 5. The Literature Review

    A literature review may consist of simply a summary of key sources, but in the social sciences, a literature review usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and synthesis, often within specific conceptual categories.A summary is a recap of the important information of the source, but a synthesis is a re-organization, or a reshuffling, of that information in a way that ...

  8. Writing a literature review

    A formal literature review is an evidence-based, in-depth analysis of a subject. There are many reasons for writing one and these will influence the length and style of your review, but in essence a literature review is a critical appraisal of the current collective knowledge on a subject. Rather than just being an exhaustive list of all that ...

  9. The Literature Review

    A review paper is an exhaustive review of literature in which the reviewer attempts to trace out all the possible information on a certain topic. It is usually written as a survey of primary literature over a given period indicating the developments and trends in the concerned period. ... Before attempting an exhaustive review, try to define ...

  10. Comprehensive Literature Review: A Guide

    A literature review is a collection of selected articles, books and other sources about a specific subject. The purpose is to summarize the existing research that has been done on the subject in order to put your research in context and to highlight what your research will add to the existing body of knowledge. Literature reviews are typically ...