Literature Review Tips

Literature review is both a process and a product. It involves searching within a defined source of information related to your research topic and then creating a comprehensive…

Researcher 1: “It’s flooding articles every time I switch on my laptop!” Researcher 2: “Why don’t you categorize your downloaded data?” Researcher 1: “I have. But the amount…

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Many a times, I have heard fellow researchers saying that they were unable to find any literature relevant to their research topic. Interestingly, does that mean they are doing…

What is a Dissertation Literature Review? A dissertation literature review is a critical assessment of pertinent literature that has been read and collated by the researcher.  The…

An excellent literature review integrates information in such a way that it provides a new framework to build upon. It is a way of contextualizing your work and showcasing a bigger…

Writing a good literature review is essential for any good research. In our previous articles in this series, we learned about databases used in literature review for life science…

This is the second in a series of articles that discusses the different databases used in literature review and how they are important to your research and writing. Part I…

When thinking about or beginning a research project, part of your arsenal of ideas should be your literature search. The key to literature search is a database. A database is not…