Learn how to write a literature review in 3 straightforward steps with this stepbystep tutorial, including a FREE literature review Excel template. Instead of getting lost in the details, we take a bigpicture 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, highquality 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

PS We've updated this video with new tools and resources view the latest version here:    • How To Write A Literature Review In 2...  

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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 Logging the literature 16:54
2.2 Cataloging your literature 18:58
2.3 Synthesize the literature 23:09
3. Outlining and writing up 27:47
3.1 Developing an outline 28:23
3.2 Structural options 29:35
3.3 Writing up your literature review 31:35
Recap & tips 37:54

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Resources mentioned in this video:

Literature Review Catalogue Excel Template https://gradcoach.com/literaturerevi...
Literature Review Chapter Template https://gradcoach.com/literaturerevi...
Literature review example    • Literature Review Example & Sample: F...  
Literature Review 101 webinar https://gradcoach.com/webinarliterat...

Literature review tutorials/ebooks/videos
– Free dissertation writing course: https://gradcoach.com/dissertationco...
– What is a literature review https://gradcoach.com/whatisaliter...
How to structure a literature review    • How To Structure Your Literature Revi...  
– Common literature review mistakes to avoid    • Literature Review Basics: 7 Major Mis...  
– How to structure a literature review https://gradcoach.com/literaturerevi...
– How to use Mendeley    • How to use Mendeley Desktop, Web Impo...  
– How to use Zotero –    • How to use Zotero to manage reference...  
How to write a dissertation or thesis (overview)    • How To Write A Dissertation Or Thesis...  

Literature review software and tools:
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/
Literature review catalogue Excel file https://gradcoach.com/literaturerevi...
Mendeley https://www.mendeley.com/
Zotero https://www.zotero.org/

Dissertation Databases:
EBSCO Open Dissertations https://www.ebsco.com/products/resear...
Open Access Dissertations and Theses https://oatd.org/
Proquest https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/search....
Stanford SearchWorks https://searchworks.stanford.edu/cata...
OpenThesis http://www.openthesis.org/

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