Literature Review



Step 3: Organise your ideas

  • Write the introduction to your literature review by telling the reader where your work fits within the context of the field.
    [how to write an introduction]
  • From your mind-map notes choose an appropriate number of general headings (this could be divided by date - if you are ordering it chronologically - or by issues) that answer the topic, and cover most of your thoughts. These will become the topics of the paragraphs in the body of the literature review.
    [how to organoise your ideas]
  • Group and rewrite your points under this smaller number of general headings.
    [grouping and rewriting ideas]