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    The document discusses different types of literature reviews, including selective reviews that focus on a narrow area, comprehensive reviews that cover a broader scope, and reviews that stand alone or are part of a larger work. It also describes literature reviews commonly found in academic journals, including brief reviews introducing research articles and stand-alone analyses, and how to structure a review as part of an article introduction.

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    Types of Literature Reviews

    Literature reviews can differ in structure, length, amount, and breadth of content included. They can
    range from selective (a very narrow area of research or only a single work) to comprehensive (a larger
    amount or range of works). They can also be part of a larger work or stand on their own.

    types of literature reviews

    A course assignment is an example of a selective, stand-alone work. It focuses on a small segment of the
    literature on a topic and makes up an entire work on its own.

    The literature review in a dissertation or thesis is both comprehensive and helps make up a larger work.

    A majority of journal articles start with a selective literature review to provide context for the research
    reported in the study; such a literature review is usually included in the Introduction section (but it can
    also follow the presentation of the results in the Discussion section).

    Some literature reviews are both comprehensive and stand as a separate work—in this case, the entire
    article analyzes the literature on a given topic.

    Literature Reviews Found in Academic Journals

    The two types of literature reviews commonly found in journals are those introducing research articles
    (studies and surveys) and stand-alone literature analyses. They can differ in their scope, length, and
    specific purpose.

    Literature reviews introducing research articles

    The literature review found at the beginning of a journal article is used to introduce research related to
    the specific study and is found in the Introduction section, usually near the end. It is shorter than a
    stand-alone review because it must be limited to very specific studies and theories that are directly
    relevant to the current study. Its purpose is to set research precedence and provide support for the
    study’s theory, methods, results, and/or conclusions. Not all research articles contain an explicit review
    of the literature, but most do, whether it is a discrete section or indistinguishable from the rest of the
    Introduction.

    How to structure a literature review for an article


    When writing a literature review as part of an introduction to a study, simply follow the structure of the
    Introduction and move from the general to the specific—presenting the broadest background
    information about a topic first and then moving to specific studies that support your rationale, finally
    leading to your hypothesis statement. Such a literature review is often indistinguishable from the
    Introduction itself—the literature is INTRODUCING the background and defining the gaps your study
    aims to fill.

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