Glossary → Literature Review

is the lengthiest part of the dissertation and includes the analysis/summary of research of existing literature on the topic. The purpose of writing literature review is to explain the reader what ideas have been established on a topic, and name their strengths and weaknesses. Literature review provides the basis of the whole paper writing and the initial information to how the topic of dissertation had been studied in the past. A literature review should be well-organized and be related directly to the dissertation question you have posed; present a deep analysis of what is know about the topic in a form of a summary; name questions that need to be researched in future.