LITERATURE REVIEW

I. Prewriting involves the preparation and arrangement of your ideas before writing them in a paper. Use whatever

techniques work for you (e.g. freewriting, brainstorming, listing, outlining, questioning, clustering). Your research and

documentation are accomplished during the prewriting stage.
A. Sources
1. Generate material from outside sources. You must use 15–20 outside sources for your literature review. These sources

MUST be scholarly.
2. Peer-reviewed sources are preferred (journals and books published at university presses). You can find such sources

through the online Library research portal. The research portal ERIC is one of the most frequently used databases for

researching education topics.
3. Because this research assignment has many possible facets you can explore, you may have the following reasons for

using non-peer-reviewed sources:
a. Online databases of historical texts/documents (where the sponsoring organization, editorial board, and information

about the original printed source are clearly identified)
b.   Professional organizations (usually ending in a .org suffix)
c.   Government agencies (ending in a .gov suffix)
d.   Websites with the “.edu” extension are not necessarily reliable ones as many different people have access to posting

articles on such sites. Additionally, faculty material published on such sites has not been subject to the rigorous review

process required by print publications.
B.   Research
a.   Go through your sources and take notes on information relevant to your topic.
b.   Once you have discovered your purpose for writing, it will direct the rest of your note-taking.
c.   Document! When you are getting ideas from outside sources, you must make special efforts to record all

bibliographical information. Make note of the page numbers of the quotations you retrieve. Doing this at the prewriting stage

will save you time.

II. Thesis Statement: For this assignment, you will have already written your thesis statement.

III. Outline and write your literature review. The way you synthesize and arrange material is unique to you. Your personal

interpretations and ideas can be incorporated. Look for gaps in your sources; there may be a point that is not stressed or an

obvious conclusion that is overlooked. Dispute with your sources. You are not to accept anything as fact as you are open to

exploring all possibilities as a non-biased researcher. Remember to stay aligned with your Research Proposal as well as the

guidelines provided by the Writing the Winning Thesis or Dissertation textbook.

IV. Revise, Edit, and Proofread
A. Check your thesis statement. Does it clearly articulate all the points you have covered in your review? Are any

points mentioned that are not covered in your review?
B. Check your body paragraphs against your thesis (10–15-page review). Are they related to your thesis? Are they

analytical?
C. Check the details of your body paragraphs. Do you have enough support for your topic sentence? Are all the details in

each body paragraph directly related to their respective topic sentence? Are the points you are making arranged in such a way

that your reader can clearly follow your line of thinking? Do you have too much outside support (so much so that it

overwhelms your voice)?
D. Read your paper carefully (out loud is suggested).
E. Check your compliance with current APA format. Review in-text documentation and the reference page (using the most

current APA manual). Check for any missing citations and correct them if necessary.

V. Submit the final draft of your paper by the deadline stated.

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