A.    Checklist for Writing a Literature Review

             Have you:

• Read quite a few good, relevant reviews
• Identified the variables in your study
• Developed a list of synonyms or alternates
• Placed variables in a Venn diagram
• Compiled/located citations with abstracts
• Read abstracts and culled all irrelevant articles
• Assessed whether you need to dig deeper or focus your review
• Systematically logged your relevant readings
• Read and annotated each relevant article
• Sorted and organized your annotations
• Developed a potential outline for your literature review
• Written purposefully
• Used the literature to back up your arguments
• Adopted an appropriate style and tone
• Gotten plenty of feedback
• Redrafted (maybe several times)