Public Health 3330: Modifying Health Behaviors: Literature Review

This is an excellent video from NC State on the processes involved in a literature review.   It is a little lengthy, but worth watching! 

What is a review of the literature?

A literature review is an account of what has been published on a topic by accredited scholars and researchers. Occasionally you will be asked to write one as a separate assignment (sometimes in the form of an annotated bibliography), but more often it is part of the introduction to an essay, research report and/or proposal, or thesis. In writing the literature review, your purpose is to convey to your reader what knowledge and ideas have been established on a topic, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. As a piece of writing, the literature review must be defined by a guiding concept (e.g., your research objective, the problem or issue you are discussing, or your argumentative thesis). It is not just a descriptive list of the material available, or a set of summaries.

*Written by Dena Taylor, Health Sciences Writing Centre   (University of Toronto)

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