Writing a Literature Review

This University Writing Center video workshop provides an introduction to writing a literature review as part of a larger writing project such as a dissertation. http://louisville.edu/writingcenter

Table of Contents:

00:00 - Writing a Literature Review
00:12 - An overview of the presentation
00:36 - Literature reviews as a genre
00:56 - The purposes of a literature review
01:38 - Rhetoric moves across disciplines
01:58 - Synthesis example
02:58 - Identifying a gap
03:58 - Determine a Strategy for Organization and Evaluation
04:50 - Annotated Bibliography
05:09 - Employ a chart or double entry notebook
05:30 - Use citation management software such as EndNote or Zotero
06:36 - Brainstorming for articulating the gap and positioning your argument
07:41 - Organization of a final draft
09:06 - Summing it up
10:09 - Additional resources