Understanding the literature review is the foundation of academic inquiry (Xiao & Watson, 2017). The literature review grounds your topic of interest with academic historical research from previous authors. This is where the saying of ‘Stand on the shoulders of giants’ comes into your research. Standing on the shoulders of giants could be as far back as Socrates and his philosophies or Newton and his determination of the universe. Every area of study has giants or ‘thinkers’ that have come to be accepted as reliable sources to follow. In this assignment, you will delve into the sea of knowledge to uncover the complexity and understanding of reviewing the literature and developing your knowledge in writing.
It is also imperative to include current literature and evidence in your literature. A general guideline is for approximately 85% of the literature review should include works literature published within the past five years. Evidence supporting a problem should be as current as possible.
In this assignment, you will delve into the sea of knowledge to uncover the complexity and understanding of reviewing the literature and developing your knowledge in writing. First, take some time to peruse a current NCU Dissertation Manuscript. NCU Dissertation Manuscripts are located through the NCU Library. Within the NCU Library, look for the menu “Research Resources.” Click on this menu to open a sub-menu. In the sub-menu, click on “Find Dissertations.” This will take you to another website with a list of dissertation sources. Locate and click on “ProQuest Dissertations & Theses @ Northcentral University,” Enter a topic of your choice to search for NCU Dissertation Manuscripts. Be sure to select “Last 2 years” in the publication date field.
The assignment is to conduct your own research first with the resources provided, and then any additional research you add and determine the following:
What is a literature review?
Why is a certain type of literature used?
What must you include in a literature review?
How do you find the information for a literature review?
Use the items above as headings in an APA formatted paper with a title page and reference page, plus a minimum of three pages and maximum five pages of content.
Length: 3 pages
References: Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources
Resources to be used
Mitchell, K. M., & Clark, A. M. (n.d.). Five Steps to Writing More Engaging Qualitative Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 17(1)
NCU Libraries, (2018). Finding a Research Topic
NCU Libraries, (2018). Literature Review
NCU Libraries, (2018). Research Process
Snelson, C. L. (2016). Qualitative and Mixed Methods Social Media Research: A Review of the Literature. International Journal of Qualitative…
Winchester, C. L., & Salji, M. (2016). Writing a literature review. Journal of Clinical Urology, 9(5), 308.
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