How to Write a Literature Review: A Workbook in Six Steps

Description

This revised and updated article (about 6000 words) gives an easy step-by-step process to write a literature review. Following the six steps, one by one, will help you write a dynamic paper with a minimum of anxiety. Each step has activities that you can do if you feel stuck, that will help propel you toward completion. The companion article, How to Write a Literature Review, is a newly expanded article that explains literature reviews and how to write them.

It helps explain what a literature review is and is not, and gives ideas on how it differs from other types of academic writing. It is full of “do” and “don’t do” tips for easy reading. Included are a number of example passages from good lit reviews and bad lit reviews.