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Exhaustive knowledge of the literature and unhindered writing success:
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I. Beginning to collect literature
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The mother of all literature reviews is the excellent references. Its quality and quantity will directly affect the performance of the thesis and the evaluation of the defence teacher. Therefore, how to effectively search for the required literature is particularly critical.
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1. Refine the key words of the thesis
Keywords can be changed flexibly according to the situation
2、Wide use of various databases to download
The year of publication, the number of citations, the unit and other important indicators as the basis for screening, efficient and practical.
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Second, in-depth reading of the literature
Careful reading of thesis needs to be attentive. In the face of mountains of dissertation information, you should take a scientific and effective way to read.
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1. Select the papers for priority reading
First, read the recent review articles on the field, which is a ready-made review guide. Especially the foreign language academic review, to help you easily pass the check.
2、Master the effective reading strategy
Follow the order of title-abstract-conclusion to quickly judge the value of the paper. If the synthesis part is valuable, then you can study the whole paper in depth.
Be sure to keep track of the key points so that you don’t forget them.
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3. Make good use of support tools
Database management tools such as Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero, NoteExpress are all effective. I personally recommend Zotero, which is powerful, practical and convenient.
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Creating a perfect literature review
Although the literature review mainly covers the results of other people’s research, the core purpose of the literature review is still to explain the problem you are studying and its importance.
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1, the idea of literature review line of thought
A literature review usually consists of four parts: primary field – secondary field – previous research – your own innovation. Discuss the importance of the field first and then the importance of your research.
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2. Special attention should be paid to the writing of the literature review.
Organise the results of previous research in a way that is oriented to your topic. Blindly piling up unrelated literature is not a true review. Your review should be tightly focused on your topic and follow a logical progression. This is usually divided into chronological or thematic clues.
