How To Write A Literature Review In 3 Simple Steps (FREE Template With Examples)

Learn how to write a literature review in 3 straightforward steps with this step by step tutorial, including a FREE literature review Excel template. Instead of getting lost in the details, we take a big-picture view and break the literature review process down into 3 straightforward steps. We kick off by looking at the WHY – the core purpose and function of the literature review, and then cover the following: - 1: How to find highly relevant, high-quality journal articles for your literature review - 2: How to organise and synthesise your literature sources into a highly searchable literature catalogue - 3: How to approach the writing up stage of your literature review chapter NAVIGATION LINKS: Overview & intro - 00:00 Understanding the “why“ - 00:38 1. Sourcing the key literature - 05:26 1.1 Google Scholar scrubbing - 06:53 1.2 University library hunting - 09:35 1.3 Snowballing journal articles - 11:13 1.4 Reviewing other dissertations - 13:08 2. Log, catalog and synthesize the literature - 15:57 2.1 L