First of all, please remember that literature review is not a simple summary or copy and paste. It requires you to deeply understand and analyze each document and form your own opinions on this basis. Only in this way can we truly achieve the purpose of summarizing-comprehensively understand the research status in a certain field, find out the problems and put forward our own opinions.
However, many students often fall into the misunderstanding of plagiarism when doing literature review. They simply pile up the viewpoints in the literature and lack their own thinking and judgment. This practice not only fails to reflect your academic level, but may also lead to your paper being judged as plagiarism. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you avoid this kind of behavior.
So, how to effectively review the literature? Here are some suggestions for everyone:
1. Determine the research topic: Before you begin, you need to be clear about the topic you want to study. This will help you to better screen and organize the literature.
2. Collect documents extensively: Get as many documents related to your research topic as possible through libraries, databases and other channels.
3. Read the documents carefully: in the process of reading, we should take every document seriously. Read the title, abstract, introduction, text and conclusion carefully so as to fully grasp the contents of the literature. At the same time, we should also pay attention to the timeliness of literature and try to choose the literature in recent years.
4. Summarize: After reading all the documents, you need to summarize them. This includes the importance, background, development, current situation, problems and their causes, as well as future research topics and trends.
5. Analysis and comparison: On the basis of summarizing, you need to analyze and compare the similarities and differences between different documents. This will help you better understand the current situation and trends in the research field.
6. Put forward your own opinions: On the basis of analysis and comparison, you need to combine your own thinking and judgment to put forward your own opinions. This is the core part of your thesis, and it is also an opportunity for you to show your academic ability.
7. Cite documents: In your paper, you need to cite documents reasonably. Follow APA format (American Psychological Association) or MLA format (Modern Language Association), and correctly mark the citation sources to show respect for the intellectual property rights of others.
8. Revise and improve: After completing the first draft, you need to check and revise it repeatedly. Make sure your statement is clear, accurate and coherent, and there are no mistakes and omissions.
Finally, I want to emphasize that literature review is a work that needs patience and care. Only through continuous study and practice can you gradually improve your academic level. I hope these suggestions can inspire you and wish you further and further on the academic road!
