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1、UnitFourHowtoWriteLiteratureReviewHowtoWriteLiteratureReviewWhatisareviewoftheliterature?StagesofwritingliteraturereviewSkillsofwritingliteraturereviewTasksaliteraturereviewmustdoElementscomprisedinliteraturereviewWhatisareviewoftheliterature?Aliterature
2、reviewisanaccountofwhathasbeenpublishedonatopicbyscholarsandresearchers.Whatisareviewoftheliterature?Inwritingtheliteraturereview,yourpurposeistodemostrateaclearunderstandingofthetopicbeinginvestigated,namely:whathasbeendoneonthetopic?whatdifferentschola
3、rshavesaidabouttheirownresearch?whatmajorfindinghavebeenpublished?whatcontroversialareaexist?文献综述概念（也叫文献阅读报告）文献综述的概念(“review”,“summary”,“survey”,“…past,present,andfuture”,etc.)意义和目的是总结和综合该方向前人已经做了的工作，了解当前的研究水平，分析存在问题，指出可能的研究问题和发展方向等。文献综述是对某一学科、专业或专题的大量文献
4、进行整理筛选、分析研究和综合后提炼而成的一种学术论文，是高度浓缩的文献产品。其特点是“综”和“述”－“综”要求对文献资料进行综合分析、归纳整理，使材料更精练明确、更有逻辑层次；“述”则要求对综合整理后的文献进行比较全面的、深入的、系统的、客观的论述。AskyourselfquestionsbeforewritingaliteraturereviewWhatisthespecificthesis,problem,orresearchquestionthatmyliteraturereviewhelpsto
5、define?2.WhattypeofliteraturereviewamIconducting?AmIlookingatissuesoftheory?methodology?policy?quantitativeresearch(e.g.ontheeffectivenessofanewprocedure)?qualitativeresearch(e.g.,studies)?AskyourselfquestionsbeforewritingaliteraturereviewWhatisthescopeo
6、fmyliteraturereview?WhattypesofpublicationsamIusing(e.g.,journals,books,governmentdocuments,popularmedia)?WhatdisciplineamIworkingin(e.g.,nursingpsychology,sociology,medicine)?Askyourselfquestionsbeforewritingaliteraturereview4.Howgoodwasmyinformationsee
7、king?HasmysearchbeenwideenoughtoensureI'vefoundalltherelevantmaterial?Hasitbeennarrowenoughtoexcludeirrelevantmaterial?IsthenumberofsourcesI'veusedappropriateforthelengthofmypaper?5.HaveIcriticallyanalysedtheliteratureIuse?DoIfollowthroughasetofconceptsa
8、ndquestions,comparingitemstoeachotherinthewaystheydealwiththem?Insteadofjustlistingandsummarizingitems,doIassessthem,discussingstrengthsandweaknesses?Askyourselfquestionsbeforewritingaliteraturereview6.HaveIcitedanddiscuss
