This presentation will explain what literature reviews are and offer insights into the form and construction of literature reviews and all processes involved for writing Research Essays .

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2. PROCESSES
• THESE PROCESS ALTHOUGH PRESENTED AS LINEAR, CYCLING BETWEEN STEPS
3, 4 AND 6 IS OFTEN NECESSARY, AS ONE BECOMES MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE
BODY OF LITERATURE AND THE TOPIC OF INTEREST.

3. FAMILIARIZE
FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH A SUBJECT AREA BY DOING SOME BACKGROUND
READING.

4. SPECIFY
• SPECIFY A TOPIC OF INTEREST WITHIN THAT SUBJECT AREA.
• PICK SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN FIND RESOURCES ON

5. SEARCH
• SEARCH FOR SCHOLARLY BOOKS AND/OR PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES,
TYPICALLY 5-6 FOR A 1500 WORD ESSAY, 7-8 FOR 2000 WORDS, 15-16 FOR
4000, AND 18-25 FOR 6000. FOLLOW ASSIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS,
THOUGH.
• OVER SELECT YOU ARE LIKELY DROP SOME LATER
• CHECK PUBLICATION DATES AND RELEVANCE

6. SEARCH
Use citation list at the end to find other relevant material

7. SEARCH
This process make the rest of the processes easier

8. REVIEW
• REVIEW THE ABSTRACT, INTRODUCTION, HEADINGS, AND CONCLUSION OF
EACH RESOURCE.
• HIGH LIGHT 3 TO 6 POINTS IN THE ARTICLE
• UNDERSTAND KEY IDEAS OF THE ARTICLE , THEY INFORM YOUR PAPER LATER

9. REVIEW

10. DETERMINE
• DETERMINE A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR YOUR PAPER I.E. THE MAIN
CONCEPTS (THEMES) AROUND WHICH YOU WILL ORGANIZE THE DISCUSSION.
• DEFINE YOUR CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK AN D TALK ABOUT IT
• MAP OUT YOUR PAPER IN YOUR MIND

11. DETERMINE

12. READ
Read each
resource and take
detailed point-
form notes on your
main concepts.
01
Record each
citation later it
will painful to
search for them
02
Search for new
ideas that make
your paper
interesting
03

13. IT IS THE TIME TO THINK
DIFFERENTLY

14. ORGANIZE
• ORGANIZE YOUR POINT-FORM NOTES FOR FLOW AND COHESIVENESS.
• EACH MAIN SECTION SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCTION , CONCLUSION AND SUB-
THEMES LIKE A MINI ESSAY.
• WRITE IN POINT-FORM NOTES THAN FULLY FORMED SENTENCES

15. WRITE
• WRITE AND EDIT YOUR PAPER.
• USE GOOD LANGUAGE
• EACH MAIN CONCEPT SHOULD HAVE HEADING, AND IN SOME CASES
SUBHEADINGS
• GIVE YOUR PEERS TO READ IT, TO IDENTIFY CLARITY

16. FORMAT• FORMAT IN-TEXT CITATIONS AND A LIST OF CITATIONS, ACCORDING TO THE
ASSIGNMENT SPECIFICATIONS E.G. WORKS CITED LIST FOR
MLA, REFERENCES LIST FOR APA.

17. FORMAT
• DO NOT USE CITATION GENERATOR THEY MAKE LOTS OF MISTAKES
• CHECK YOUR PAPER FOR ALL ENTRIES TO HAVE IN-TEXT CITATION AND THAT
ALL OF THEM REPRESENTED IN YOUR LIST

18. SUMMARY

19. Thank You!
Professor Lili Saghafi
Proflilisaghafi@gmail.com @Lili_PLS