Literature Review for Undergraduate Dissertation: The Purpose

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Literature Review for Undergraduate
Dissertation The Purpose
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TODAY'S DISCUSSION
Introduction to Literature Review Goal of a
Literature Review Literature Review and Essay A
Comparison Need Help with Writing a Literature
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INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE REVIEW

• During the course of writing your undergraduate
  dissertation, there will be a time when you have
  to take up the task of writing a literature
  review.
• For those who are unaware, a literature review is
  deemed as an integral part of academic writing

which would understanding
be instrumental in and knowledge about
signifying academic
literature regarding a particular topic. Contd...
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However, the important aspect that academic
researchers need to know is that, literature
review is not just about writing, on the
contrary, it would comprise of critically
assessing the literature. Thats the main reason
why it is known as a literature
review. Otherwise, it could have very well been
termed as a literature report. In order to
exemplify the variation amongst reviewing and
reporting, lets consider the example of movie or
television review write-ups. Contd...
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Such write-ups would be inclusive of a brief
synopsis of a movie or a television programme,
the key aspects from the programme or movie,
along with an analysis of the same by a critic.
A report on the other hand would just cover the
main points of the movie or programme and will
not critically analyze it. Likewise, the two key
objectives of a literature review would refer
to the content that encompasses the extant
literature, evidence and theories, and second,
critical evaluation on the part of the person
writing the review, while discussing the content
in detail.
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Generally, a literature review makes up an
integral aspect of a bachelors dissertation or
bachelor's thesis, long essay or research
project. Nonetheless, in certain instances, it
can be created and evaluated as an individual
piece of writing. It is impossible to write a
literature review for a PhD without a thorough
understanding of the selected research field,
access to the most recent and credible academic
sources, and a highly critical and evaluative
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GOAL OF A LITERATURE REVIEW
According to 4 your task is to build an
argument, not a library Within larger academic
writing projects such as bachelors dissertation
or bachelors thesis, researchers usually opt to
tackle the literature review task first,
following the finalization of the topic for
research. Reading through existing literary
works, in tandem with critical evaluation of the
text proves to be beneficial in further
enhancement of the topic in question and also
facilitates the research questions to be
framed. Contd...
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The main goal of a literature review is to
establish familiarity with and develop an
understanding about the present research in a
specific domain, prior to delving into executing
a new investigation.
Executing a review of literature would facilitate
you to seek similar research that has been
carried out in the past and identify aspects
relating to your topic that requires further
research. In a nutshell, the goal of a literature
review would be to Assist you in finding gaps
within the current literature. Restricts the
need to reinvent the wheel by finding similar
research that has already been done in the
past. Contd...
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To give you an idea about aspects from your topic
that have already been investigated. Augment
the breadth of your knowledge and understanding
in your area of research. Locate seminal works
that have been carried out in the
past. Facilitate you to offer an intellectual
setting for your research and bring your
research at par with other similar researches
conducted in the past. To look at opposing
viewpoints for the same topic. Contd...
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Allow you to find suitable research methods that c
ould be possibly applied within your
research. A dissertation literature review
contributes 40 percent weight of research
work. Tutors India Literature Review writing
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LITERATURE REVIEW AND ESSAY A COMPARISON
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