ABSTRACT
The guidelines will help students to produce a first draft of their literature review. The guidelines are: begin by identifying the broad problem area, but avoid global statements; early in the review, indicate why the topic being reviewed is important; distinguish between research findings and other sources of information and indicate why certain studies are important. The guidelines also include: if a landmark study was replicated, mention that and indicate the results of the replication; discuss other literature reviews on students topic; describe their reasons for choosing not to discuss a particular issue and justify comments such as "no studies were found". The guidelines further include: avoid long lists of nonspecific references; if the results of previous studies are inconsistent or widely varying, cite them separately and cite all relevant references in the review section of a thesis, dissertation, or journal article.
