ASSIGNMENT | The purpose of a literature review is to express to your reader the knowledge and ideas that have been established on a topic.

In this unit, you will complete the following steps of the literature review:

• Conduct a literature search for studies that address your target question.

Select three peer previewed studies that you will summarize in Unit 4.

What is a Literature Review

The purpose of a literature review is to express to your reader the knowledge and ideas that have been established on a topic. Your literature review should describe the strengths and weaknesses in the literature on the topic you have chosen. The literature review must be defined by a guiding concept (e.g., your research question). The literature review is NOT just a descriptive list of the material available, or a regurgitation of the summaries will write in preparing your research.

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1. A literature review must do these things:
2. Be organized around and related directly to your research question

Synthesize and organize results

Identify trends or findings

Identify areas of disagreement

Formulate questions that need further research

Study the example Literature Review provided for help in preparing to write your literature review: 

1. Lit Review Student Example 1
2. Lit Review Student Example 2 (Links to an external site.)
3. Unit 3 Tasks
4. 1. Conduct a Literature Search
5. If you need help with finding the right journals, the links will help you get started using the databases at Park University: Psychology: Finding ArticlesLinks to an external site.

2. Select Three Peer-Reviewed Articles