Try to read widely and quickly at first, to ‘gut’ the literature and to try to get a ‘feel’ of what it is saying. To help you in this, try the following:

List what the literature agrees on:

1. It agrees on …
2. It agrees on …
3. It agrees on …

Find two areas of disagreement in the literature:

1. …............................................
2. ….….….….….….….….….….….…

Outline two areas the literature has NOT addressed:

1. ...............................................
2. ….….….….….….….….….….….…