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Learning Objectives<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

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  • Describe a literature review and explain its purpose;<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Describe the steps in undertaking a literature review<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Demonstrate how to write a literature review<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Identify acceptable sources to include in your literature review;<\/li>\r\n \t
  • List of the five 'C's of writing a literature review.<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Compare a literature review, an essay and an annotated bibliography.<\/li>\r\n \t
  • Explain the importance of APA referencing and list some of the sources for getting assistance with APA referencing.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nIn this chapter, we will focus on writing a literature review. As part of this focus we concentrate on four key aspects, as follows: 1) explaining the purpose behind a literature review and where it fits in the research process; 2) explaining how a literature review is different from an essay and an annotated bibliography, 3) describing the special aspects that distinguish a literature review from other styles of academic writing, and 4) explaining how to conduct a literature review and why it is important to review previous research studies. If you have never written a literature review, and even if you have, this chapter will provide valuable information for you. \u00a0Understanding how to write a literature review is important because it is quite likely that you will have to do another one at some point in your academic and\/or professional career.","rendered":"
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    Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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    • Describe a literature review and explain its purpose;<\/li>\n
    • Describe the steps in undertaking a literature review<\/li>\n
    • Demonstrate how to write a literature review<\/li>\n
    • Identify acceptable sources to include in your literature review;<\/li>\n
    • List of the five ‘C’s of writing a literature review.<\/li>\n
    • Compare a literature review, an essay and an annotated bibliography.<\/li>\n
    • Explain the importance of APA referencing and list some of the sources for getting assistance with APA referencing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

      In this chapter, we will focus on writing a literature review. As part of this focus we concentrate on four key aspects, as follows: 1) explaining the purpose behind a literature review and where it fits in the research process; 2) explaining how a literature review is different from an essay and an annotated bibliography, 3) describing the special aspects that distinguish a literature review from other styles of academic writing, and 4) explaining how to conduct a literature review and why it is important to review previous research studies. If you have never written a literature review, and even if you have, this chapter will provide valuable information for you. \u00a0Understanding how to write a literature review is important because it is quite likely that you will have to do another one at some point in your academic and\/or professional career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-125","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/125\/revisions\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/researchmethods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}