Planning and carrying out a literature review

1. What is a literature review?

A literature review is not an exhaustive bibliography of everything ever written on, or around, your research topic.
 
An effective literature review is rather a summary of previous research on a particular topic which critically analyses the material included in the review and addresses a set of clearly articulated research questions. 
 
 
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