How To Write A Literature Review For A Dissertation Or Thesis: 5 Time-Saving Tips ✍️

Learn how to write a dissertation or thesis literature review the smart way! David Phair (PhD) and Amy Murdock (PhD) unpack 5 practical tips to help you fast-track your literature review and avoid common pitfalls that students make. Whether you’re writing a literature review for an undergraduate, Master or PhD-level project, you’re sure to find these tips useful.

Overview: Literature Review Writing Tips
00:00 Overview and intro
00:53 Develop an outline/structure before you start writing
03:25 Look at literature reviews in previous dissertations and journal articles
06:39 Write first, clean up later
09:28 Insert your citations as you write
12:20 Seek out feedback from non-experts
15:04 Recap and outro

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[annettethomasbrown]

I am back again! I felt like I was going in circles with my literature review. I will focus on this step by step, as you have explained. Thank you again, Dr. Phair and Dr. Murdock

[tinamartin]

I needed to hear this! I will be submitting my draft this weekend!! Thank you for the tips!

[Amani_Rose]

I focused way too much on the theoretical background, around like 4K and a whole weeks worth of work and even now idk how to start to actually review the topic. Thanks for the video

[abidrzaidi]

Definitely back up the point on write first, clean up later. I'm about to submit my disso in a week, and boy would I have saved a whole lotta time if I had just blurted whatever I had and then cleaned it up later. Really tight for time now because of it.
Honestly, the best thing you can do with a disso is to let it marinate and give it time - in a few days you'll really start to see things differently.

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[popyenihamata]

Thank you, this is so helpful. I was stuck and needed to just gain some confidence to start off with my work. I am glad and motivated.

[annettethomasbrown]

Thank you this was so helpful, as I needed further assurance and clarification.
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[thiarpayan]

As a Ph.D. Candidate in the dissertation phase, this was extremely helpful and assuring. Thank you!

[josellorensamico]

Google scholar: great tip, Dr. Murdock! Thank you very much.

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Thank you so much for the video! very helpful.

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Thank you so much for the explanation :)

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What a useful discussion thank you so much!

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This was very helpful. Thanks so much.

[mehtarahul]

Please keep your video upto 5 minutes. Thank you