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Project Information:
 
 


Title: Literature Review

Status: In Progress

Project Description: A literature review is much more than an annotated bibliography or a list of separate reviews of articles and books. It is a critical, analytical summary and synthesis of the current knowledge of a topic. Thus it should compare and relate different theories, findings, etc, rather than just summarize them individually. In addition, it should have a particular focus or theme to organize the review. It does not have to be an exhaustive account of everything published on the topic, but it should discuss all the significant academic literature important for that focus.

Project Timeline:

December 10:          Text Editing (Kendall)
December 10 :         Multimedia Recommendations (Rob)
December 17 :         Multimedia Development (Rob)
December 20:          Finalize and Launch Module (All)

Work in Progress: Click here to view module

 

Project Specification:
 
 
By the end of this module the user will be able to:
  • Define what a Literature Review is.
  • List three different types of Literature Reviews
  • Compare and Contrast the differences between Primary, Tertiary
    and Secondary sources.
  • List at least 5 different methods of publication.
  • List and describe the 5 general steps for writing a literature review.


  

Multimedia Specification:
 
 


Plan: A final plan for a multimedia piece has not been completed at this time.

Applications: TBD

Development Notes: TBD

If you have any suggestions or ideas we are very interested in hearing from you.
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Related Links:
 
 

University of Connecticut Libraries - Information Literacy : Online Tutorials, Guides, and more



  

Contributors:
 
 


Author: Kendall Hobbs (khobbs@wesleyan.edu)

Editor: Mike Roy (mroy@wesleyan.edu)

Developer: Rob DeMeulemeester (rdemeulemees@wesleyan.edu)

Graphic Artist: Wolasi Konu (wkonu@wesleyan.edu)

  

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