A
literature review surveys books, scholarly articles, and any other sources
relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory, and by so doing,
provides a description, summary, and critical evaluation of these works in
relation to the research problem being investigated. Literature reviews are
designed to provide an overview of sources you have explored while researching
a particular topic and to demonstrate to your readers how your research fits
within a larger field of study.
IMPORTANCE
OF A GOOD LITERATURE REVIEW
A literature review may consist of
simply a summary of key sources, but in the social sciences, a literature
review usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and
synthesis, often within specific conceptual categories. A summary is a recap of the
important information of the source….
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