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4. 10/18/2018 Literature Review Tips for the Introduction and Discussion Sections - EnagoAcademy LiteratureReviewTipsfortheIntroduction andDiscussion Sections Lastupdated Oct 16, 2018 Aliteraturereviewisasummaryofstudiesrelatedtoaparticularareaofresearch.Itidentikesandsummarizesall therelevantresearchconductedonaparticulartopic.Itisimportantthatyourliteraturereviewisfocused. Therefore,youshouldchoosealimitednumberofstudiesthatarecentraltoyourtopicratherthantryingto collectawiderangeofstudiesthatmightnotbecloselyconnected. Literaturereviewshelpyouaccomplishthefollowing: Evaluate pastresearch Collectingrelevantresourceswillhelpyouseewhatresearchhasalreadybeendone.Thiswillalsohelp avoidduplication. https://www.enago.com/academy/literature-review-tips-for-the-introduction-and-discussion-sections/

5. 10/18/2018 Literature Review Tips for the Introduction and Discussion Sections - EnagoAcademy Identifyexperts Itisimportanttoidentifycredibleresearcherswhohaveknowledgeinagivenkeld,inordertoseektheir helpifyougetstuckwithcertainaspectsofyourresearch. Identify keyquestions Yourultimateaimistobringsomethingnewtotheconversation.Collectingresourceswillhelpyou determinetheimportantquestionsthatneedtobeaddressed. Determinemethodologiesusedinpaststudies Knowinghowothershaveapproachedaparticulartopicwillgiveyoutheopportunitytoidentifyproblems andkndnewwaystoresearchandstudyatopic.Ifthereportedmethodologywassuccessful,youcanuseit andsavetimethatyouwouldotherwisebespendingonoptimization. PresentingLiteratureReviewintheIntroduction and DiscussionSections Therearemanybenektstopresentingliteraturereviewsintheintroductionanddiscussionsectionsofyour manuscripts.However,therearedifferencesinhowyoucanpresentliteraturereviewsineachsection. The IntroductionSection Theliteraturereviewedintheintroductionshould: Introduce thetopic Establish the signikcance of the study Provideanoverviewoftherelevantliterature Establishacontextforthestudyusingtheliterature Identifyknowledge gaps Illustratehowthestudywilladvanceknowledgeonthetopic Asyoucansee,literaturereviewplaysasignikcantroleintheintroductionsection.However,therearesome thingsthatyoushouldavoiddoinginthissection.Theseinclude: Elaboratingonthestudiesmentionedintheliteraturereview Usingstudiesfromtheliteraturereviewtoaggressivelysupportyourresearch Directlyquotingstudiesfromtheliteraturereview Itisimportanttoknowhowtointegratetheliteraturereviewintotheintroductioninaneffectiveway.Although youcanmentionotherstudies,theyshouldnotbethefocus.Instead,focusonusingtheliteraturereviewtoaidin settingafoundationforthemanuscript. The DiscussionSection  https://www.enago.com/academy/literature-review-tips-for-the-introduction-and-discussion-sections/

6. 10/18/2018 Literature Review Tips for the Introduction and Discussion Sections - EnagoAcademy Literaturereviewsplayanimportantroleinthediscussionsectionofamanuscript.Inthissection,yourkndings shouldbethefocus,ratherthanthoseofotherresearchers.Therefore,youshouldonlyusethestudiesmentioned intheliteraturereviewassupportandevidenceforyourstudy. Therearethreewaysinwhichyoucanuseliteraturereviewsinthediscussionsection: To Provide Context forYour Study Usingstudiesfromtheliteraturereviewhelpstosetthefoundationforhowyouwillrevealyourkndings anddevelopyourideas. CompareyourFindingstoOtherStudies Youcanusepreviousliteratureasabackdroptocompareyournewkndings.Thishelpsdescribeandalso advanceyour ideas. StatetheContributionofYourStudy Inadditiontodevelopingyourideas,youcanuseliteraturereviewstoexplainhowyourstudycontributes tothekeldofstudy. However, there are three common mistakes that researchers make when including literature reviews in the discussionsection.First,theymentionallsortsofstudies,someofwhicharenotevenrelevanttothetopicunder investigation.Second,insteadofcitingtheoriginalarticle,theycitearelatedarticlethatmentionstheoriginal article. Lastly, some authors cite previous work solely based on the abstract, without even going through the entirepaper. Wehopethisarticlehelpsyoueffectivelypresentyourliteraturereviewinboththeintroductionaswellasthe discussionsectionofyourmanuscript.Youcanalsomentionanyothertipsthatwilladdtothisarticleinthe comments sectionbelow. References: http://www.math.montana.edu/jobo/phdprep/documents/phd6.pdf https://libguides.unf.edu/c.php?g=177129&p=1163732 http://writing.msu.edu/how-to-write-a-good-introduction/ This article was originally published by EnagoEnglish Editing Service which provides scientific editing and manuscript editing services to Phd students, post-docs and researchers.  https://www.enago.com/academy/literature-review-tips-for-the-introduction-and-discussion-sections/

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