The document discusses what a review of the literature is. A literature review describes previous research written by scholars on a topic and is part of an introduction to a thesis or research report. It should define the purpose and scope of the discussion. A good literature review asks questions related to the thesis topic, specifies the field of discussion, and identifies questions that need further research. It is useful to the reader by providing an adequate overview of prior work and increasing their knowledge.

1. Review of the Literature
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2. Outline
• What is a review of the literature?
• Some questions
• Summary

3. What is a review of the literature?
• The literature review is a description
written by the scholar and the researcher.
• It is a part of the introduction to the thesis
and the research report.
• You should clearly define the purpose and
the content of the discussion when you
write the literature review.

4. What is a review of the literature?
• The literature review should do the
following.
• Write the question related to the thesis.
• The field of the discussion is specified,
and write the question that needs a further
research.

5. Some questions
• What is the question to define the
literature review?
• What type is your literature review?
• Do you tell the literature review with what
media?
• How much information retrieval can be
done by using your literature review?

6. Some questions
• Are strengths and weaknesses of your
literature review discussed?
• Do you discuss a contrary opinion?
• Is your literature review useful for the
reader?

7. Summary
• The literature review is often written as
part of the research report and the thesis.
• The content should be adequate, and be
useful for the reader.
• So, it is necessary to specify the field of
the research, and to increase the stock of
information.

8. Summary
• The literature review is not a list that
explains one literature but loose
sentences.
• It is necessary to formulate the material,
the question, and the problem that you
chose.
• This helps to show the comparison and
the relation ,and might be able to introduce
the focus some section.