{"id":20113,"date":"2018-11-11T20:01:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T14:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/?p=20113"},"modified":"2022-04-29T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T16:52:10","slug":"literature-review-for-introduction-vs-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/literature-review-for-introduction-vs-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Literature Review for Introduction Vs. Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.read.enago.com\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"127\" title=\"Literature Review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">literature review<\/a> presents a summary of studies related to a particular area of research. It identifies and summarizes all the relevant research conducted on a particular topic. 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You can also read a detailed article on this topic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/literature-review-tips-for-the-introduction-and-discussion-sections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20114 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Copy-of-Galley-proofs_SmartShort-30-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Copy-of-Galley-proofs_SmartShort-30-1.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Copy-of-Galley-proofs_SmartShort-30-1-440x230.png 440w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Copy-of-Galley-proofs_SmartShort-30-1-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Copy-of-Galley-proofs_SmartShort-30-1-750x392.png 750w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/627;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.read.enago.com\/?utm_source=academy&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=keywords&#038;utm_term=article\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37485 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/RAx-Banner-over-Academy-Blogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"270\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/RAx-Banner-over-Academy-Blogs.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/RAx-Banner-over-Academy-Blogs-470x141.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/RAx-Banner-over-Academy-Blogs-750x225.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/RAx-Banner-over-Academy-Blogs-768x230.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/270;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20113?action=genpdf&amp;id=20113\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A literature review presents a summary of studies related to a particular area of research.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8169,"featured_media":20115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1579],"tags":[1586],"ppma_author":[1908],"class_list":["post-20113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enago-academy-creatives","tag-smartshorts","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"better_featured_image":{"id":20115,"alt_text":"Literature Review","caption":"","description":"A literature review presents a summary of studies related to a particular area of research. 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