The literature review

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The Literature Review This activity is meant to be used in conjunction with selecting and working on a research topic. It helps the students truly review the work necessary to write a solid literature review. State your research topic (as a question) Here are some potential sources of information Textbooks Newspaper Legislative review Research paper Journal article Maps Encyclopedia Previous MS thesis World Wide Web Conference proceedings Television Technical handbook Popular Magazine News magazine Standards document Government document Professional interview Hearsay Wikipedia Source Watch Snopes

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Page 1: The literature review

The Literature Review

This activity is meant to be used in conjunction with selecting and working on

a research topic. It helps the students truly review the work necessary to

write a solid literature review.

State your research topic (as a question)

Here are some potential sources of information

Textbooks Newspaper Legislative review

Research paper Journal article Maps

Encyclopedia Previous MS thesis World Wide Web

Conference proceedings Television Technical handbook

Popular Magazine News magazine Standards document

Government document Professional interview Hearsay

Wikipedia Source Watch Snopes

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Questions you might answer in the literature review (list and rank sources

you would reference).

1 Is the problem important? (worth researching)

2 Have others researched it before?

3 What conclusions did they reach towards the question?

4 What impact might this research have?

How will you find these references?