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Literature Review

A review of the literature on your topic will:

  • inform/refine your research question
  • Identify gaps in existing research
  • Make a case for the contribution and importance of your research to the existing body of research

Resource Types

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Organizing and Synthesizing Sources

Organizing Your Sources - Template

Author Date Research Question Conclusions Themes Methodology Comments