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Aresty Summer Science Program

Guide for the Aresty Summer Science program. Link: http://libguides.rutgers.edu/ArestySummer

The Literature Review

A good place to start is with this handout from The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Goals for a Literature Review

Understand the goals for a literature review. These are adapted from University of Melbourne Library LibGuide.

In a literature review you will:

Investigate and evaluate the written scholarship on a specific topic.
Provide a framework for the research to be conducted.
Identify gaps in the literature and potentials for further study.

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