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    How to do literature review effectively? Ask for help. Thanks!
    I will start my Msc study this fall.
    I really want to konw how to do literature review effectively?
    Any tips/suggestions would be welcomed!
    Thanks a lot!
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    Re: How to do literature review effectively? Ask for help. Thanks!
    Do you mean how do you write the literature review, or how do you track down the things to put in the literature review?
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    Re: How to do literature review effectively? Ask for help. Thanks!
    (Original post by hobnob)
    Do you mean how do you write the terature review, or how do you track down the things to put in the literature review?
    Thank you so much !
    I mean how to write the literature review .
    I read some papers, but have no clue to put their good ideas into my review .:confused:
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    Re: How to do literature review effectively? Ask for help. Thanks!
    (Original post by CrestedIbis)
    Thank you so much !
    I mean how to write the literature review .
    I read some papers, but have no clue to put their good ideas into my review .:confused:
    Describe the key points of the papers, and then explain exactly how they are related to your research question and mention which things they do well, and which things they do badly or fail to address. Use that to make clear to the reader what has been accomplished, what still needs to be accomplished and how your particular study is going to fit in with that literature.
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