Writing a Literature Review: Literature Review Process

In planning your review, you might ask yourself the following questions:

• What is my central question or issue that the literature can help define?
• What is already known about the topic?
• Are there any gaps in the knowledge?
• What methods or problems were identified by others studying in the field and how might they impact your research? What further area of study have been identified?
• Is the scope of the literature being reviewed wide or narrow enough?
• Is there a conflict or debate in the literature?
• What connections can be made between the texts being reviewed?
• What sort of literature should be reviewed? Historical? Theoretical? Methodological? Quantitative? Qualitative?
• What criteria should be used to evaluate the literature being reviewed?
• How will reviewing the literature justify the topic I plan to investigate?

Solomon, D., Literature Review Process. https://researchguides.case.edu/prf.php?account_id=7480