Literature Review

What do you call the critical recap of what has been done?

• literature review

• review of data

• exploration review

Which of the following is not a function of literature review?

• To find out what’s already known about the topic.

• To give the reader a critical review of what you found out.

• To get exact answers to your questions.

Order the steps in Literature Review

• Search relevant literature related to your topic.

• Identify themes, debates and gaps

• Outline your literature review structure

• Evaluate and select sources

• Write your literature review

What approach in literature review looks into theories and opposing models?

• chronological

• theoretical

• thematic

When writing the literature review, what must be done first?

• Establish the purpose and focus

• Restate expected conclusion at the start.

• Emphasize the source where you extract the cited text.

What is the purpose of citing sources in a literature review?

• To avoid plagiarism

• To give credit to the original authors

• To provide evidence and support for your own arguments

• All of the above

A literature review can be considered as a standalone research paper.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a common source for conducting a literature review?

• Academic journals

• Books and monographs

• Social media posts

• Conference proceedings

Match the following various approaches to organizing the body of a literature review

• Draw your sources from different disciplines or fields that use a variety of research methods

• Methodological

• Find some recurring central themes

• Thematic

• Discuss various theories, models, and definitions of key concepts.

• Theoretical

• Trace the development of the topic over time

• Chronological