Thesis and Dissertation Writing in a Second Language: a handbook for Supervisors

Strategies for reading for a literature review
Cone and Foster (1993), in their book Dissertations and Theses: From Start to
Finish, provide advice to students on steps and strategies for writing a litera-
ture review. These steps and strategies are summarized in Table 7.2 on p.104.
Writing the background chapters
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Application: arranging the literature review
Ask your student to make a list of topics they will need to cover in their
literature review. Then ask them to arrange the list in one (or more) of
the ways listed earlier in this chapter. Ask them to explain to you why
they have arranged their literature review in this way.