Literature Review-520

Literature review is a --------------- look at the existing research that is significant to the work that you are carrying out.

Literature review is important for a research project because it includes:

• A descriptive list or summaries of books/articles

• Your arguments and ideas (like an essay)

• Research that explains the relationship between the variables in your research project

• An exhaustive bibliography on everything ever written on the topic

Evaluating your information sources and selecting good quality academic information can

• Increase your course grades

• Help you avoid misinformation and fake news

• Ensure that you complete your research project in time

• Ensure that your classmates won't copy information from your research paper

While you should evaluate each source individually, the best place to search for high quality academic information for most topics is...

• Google

• Library databases

• Wikipedia

• www.zu.ac.ae

Which of these is NOT an example of a primary source?

• Film footage of a historical event

• Diaries written at the time of an event

• Sources created later by someone who did not participate in the event

• A poem about the UAE from your classmate

What type of source is this? A chapter in your history textbook about Old Dubai

• Primary

• Secondary

What type of source is this? A diary written by your classmate

• Primary

• Secondary

What type of source is this? An encyclopedia entry on plants in the UAE

• Primary

• Secondary

13. What type of source is this? A website that summarizes treatments for diabetes

• Primary

• Secondary

What type of source is this? A map of China created during ancient times

• Primary

• Secondary