YM 4980 Leadership and Management for Youth Ministry (Seversen)
Literature Review
The purpose of the literature review
The purpose of your literature review is to:
- Set the background on what has been researched on a topic.
- Show why a topic is significant to a subject area.
- Discover relationships between ideas.
- Identify major themes & concepts.
- Identify critical gaps & points of disagreement.
[Borrowed from Marielle McNeal]
What is a Literature Review?
This following video covers what a literature review is, how to review the literature, and steps in writing a literature review.
(10 min. video)
Literature Review: An Overview for Graduate Students, by North Caroline State University Libraries.
