Master of Design

Writing a literature review is about developing an understanding of the contextual ecology of your research problem, or question.

The process of writing a literature review can be broken down into several major activities:

• Select your topic and develop search terms
• Research - use the library's Quick Search or use specific databases if you want a smaller, more focused results list. Scan the literature, start to narrow your area of interest down.
• Read, Describe, Analyse and Critique
  • Compare and contrast
  • Discover relationships between sources
  • Identify major themes and concepts
  • Identify gaps and disagreements
• Organize and manage your sources (this is where Zotero enters the process)
• Write, revise and create final bibliography