What is a Literature Review?
Answer
A review of literature is a careful and critical discussion of a whole range of publications on the same topic, or around the same question.
Our Literature Review resource provides a simple definition and example of a literature review and explains where it fits into academic work at various levels of study.
For more information on the role of literature review in theses, access our resource: Thesis Writing – Reviewing the Literature.
For information on how to structure a literature review for an assessment task, see our Writing a Literature Review resource.