Integrating literature into a thesis, whether as a stand-along chapter or throughout the project can be challenging for graduate students struggling to find their position within a wide-ranging academic debate. This page includes external resources that will help you get started on writing a literature review for a dissertation, for an article, or for a book chapter. While some of the information in these resources will overlap, that is a good thing. When we begin to notice commonalities in how to write in complex academic genres, that is generally a sign that we have understood the conventions that we are in dialogue with. We can always challenge these conventions, but knowing what they are can help us move forward in figuring out how we wish to position our own projects.
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