Academic Writing
Literature review template
The following template guides you to organize your thoughts during the process of writing your
first Literature Review attempt. A literature review is a summary of research that has been
published on a particular subject. It provides the reader with the background on the published
literature related to the ideas about your selected topic.
Introduction:
Here you introduce your topic briefly and link it to the research sources you have selected to
base your writing on and why is this significant to your area of writing. Define terms if
necessary.
Literature Review:
Here you present the summary of the background authorities you used to support your writing.
Citation is essential in this part as they are the base of your literature review. When referring to
an article or a book, use the last name of the author and the date of publication. Ex: Calvin and
Brommel (1996) believe family communication . . .. A paragraph for each area of study.
Conclusion:
Briefly summarize the major findings of your literature review research.
References:
Include all the references used in your research; use Harvard citation method as you’ve been
taught. You can use websites for accurate referencing.
You need a minimum of 2 references.
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