Literature review - Citizendia

A literature review is a body of text that aims to review the critical points of current knowledge on a particular topic. Knowledge is defined ( Oxford English Dictionary) variously as (i expertise and skills acquired by a person through experience or education the theoretical or practical understanding

Most often associated with science-oriented literature, such as a thesis, the literature review usually precedes a research proposal, methodology and results section. A dissertation (also called thesis or disquisition) is a document that presents the author's Research and findings and is submitted in support of candidature Methodology (also called manner) is defined as "the analysis of the principles of methods rules and postulates employed by a discipline" Its ultimate goal is to bring the reader up to date with current literature on a topic and forms the basis for another goal, such as the justification for future research in the area.

A good literature review is characterized by: a logical flow of ideas; current and relevant references with consistent, appropriate referencing style; proper use of terminology; and an unbiased and comprehensive view of the previous research on the topic. Terminology is the study of terms and their use Terms are Words and Compound words that are used in specific contexts It helps with all types of assignments as well.

According to Cooper (1988) "a literature review uses as its database reports of primary or original scholarship, and does not report new primary scholarship itself. The primary reports used in the literature may be verbal, but in the vast majority of cases reports are written documents. The types of scholarship may be empirical, theoretical, critical/analytic, or methodological in nature. Second a literature review seeks to describe, summarize, evaluate, clarify and/or integrate the content of primary reports".

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