Literature review

How should you prepare a high quality literature review?

Each chapter of a dissertation is written in its own unique style and format and you have to follow that format or style to complete each chapter effectively and to maintain a high standard of quality. The review of literature chapter in a thesis involves the critical analysis of different literary sources which are relevant to your research topic and have been acquired from the most recent and reliable sources. The key to this chapter is keeping a critical approach which primarily means that you have to be as critical as possible while reviewing each piece of literature. You need to identify and recognize any gaps present in the existing literature review on your specific research topic and write accordingly so the reader can understand how your research contributes to that research area. Appropriate referencing and citation also play a very important role in the quality of this chapter and you have to follow a specific citation system when quoting or referring to various pieces of literature in this chapter.