Become a Pro at Conducting Literature Reviews
Crafting a strong literature review is crucial for any research project. Here are the key steps to help you produce a credible and impactful literature review:
- Defining Your Research Scope: Clearly outline your research question and objectives to guide your literature search.
- Searching the Right Databases: Use relevant keywords to search academic databases, journals, and online repositories.
- Critically Analyzing Sources: Evaluate the credibility, relevance, and methodology of each source.
- Synthesizing Findings: Identify patterns, themes, and relationships between studies.
- Building a Research Blueprint: Organize your findings into a coherent framework.
- Drafting and Refining: Write, rewrite, and edit your literature review for clarity and coherence.
- Sharing Your Insights: Disseminate your research to the academic community.
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1. Open Access Theses and Dissertations https://oatd.org/
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3. DART-Europe E-theses Portal https://lnkd.in/d4SUFCTX
4. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses https://www.proquest.com/
5. MIT Theses https://lnkd.in/dMs-PuYs
6. Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations http://www.ndltd.org/
7. Caltech Thesis https://lnkd.in/dZ6f8T5J
8. British Library https://www.bl.uk/
9. Electronic Theses & Dissertation Centre https://etd.ohiolink.edu/
10. Harvard DASH https://dash.harvard.edu/
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