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literaturereview

Astandaloneliteraturereview
Astandaloneliteraturereviewwillusuallyhaveatitlepage,introduction,body,conclusionandreferencessection.
Section
Titlepage+ID
details

Description
YournameandstudentIDnumber
Thetitlegivesaprecisedescriptionoftheassignment
(Thetitlemaybesuppliedbythesubjectlecturer)

Introduction

Givethebackgroundtothetopic
Whyisitimportant?
Whyisitinteresting?
Howdoesitrelatetootherworkinthefield?
Whatisthescopeofthereview?
Howiskeyterminologydefined?
Howistherevieworganised?

Body

Conclusion

References

Presentthereviewsaccordingtotheorganisationyouhavechosen.
Outlinetheresearchusingsummariesandparaphrasesexpressedinyour
ownwords.
Evaluatetheresearch(SeeAnalysetheresearch).
Note:Thinkcarefullyaboutthewaysyouciteinformationfromtheworkof
others(SeeReferencing.)
Note:Thinkcarefullyabouttheverbsyouusewhenyoucitetheworkof
others.

Summarisewhatyouhavewritten.
Identifyanyissuesyouhaveidentified.
Indicateanyfurtherresearchwhichmaybeneeded.

Provideafulllistofallresearchyouhavereferredto.
Ensurethatyouhaveprovidedfulldetails.

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