HS 305 Research Methods: What is a Literature Review?

What is a Literature Review?

• A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area. 
• A literature review can be a summary of the sources, but it usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and synthesis. 
• A summary is a recap of the important information of the source, but a synthesis is a re-organization of that information. It might give a new interpretation of old material or combine new with old interpretations. 
• A literature review is not an annotated bibliography in which you summarize briefly each article.  While a summary is contained within the literature review, it focuses on and includes a critical analysis of the relationship among different works/sources. 

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