Literature Review

The Web Literature?

By all means use the web for your literature review but be cautious. Here are 10 reasons not just to rely on the web and the need to be critical and analytical about everything

Lit-review

Some advice on literature reviews. A document not specifically about your module but helpful in showing you style and genre

Concept Map 1

Example of a concept map/mind map. Your review of the literature might end with a doagram of the key concpets which your research will explore.

Concpet Map 2

Concept Map 2: Your literature review may end in a diagram showing the key concpets which your research will be based upon.

Purposeful Literature Reviews

This document lists the purposes of the literature review section of a piece of research. Look at your module guide and treat this as additional ideas. The review is your work and these are ideas, guidance and suggestions not instructions.

Critical thinking

This is from: Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts Peter A. Facione It explores what we are looking for when we talk about the masters level descriptors summarised by the term "critical thinking".