THE LITERATURE REVIEW

1. 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

2. 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?