ABSTRACT

Following the definitions, literature should be cited that shows the development of intellectual thought in your subject and a discussion of the major findings in previous research. The remaining topics in this part of the book provide guidance on how to do this. At this point, however, note that an effective literature review presents the literature from your point of view. In other words, you are responsible for organizing the literature into various topical groups and for showing your reader how it fits together (or fails to do so). In order to do this, you will need to add your own commentary and not simply write a string of summaries of individual studIes.