《学术论文写作》课件-English-Academic-Writing-13.ppt

Chapter13LiteratureReviewFocusesWhatisareviewoftheliterature?Whydowewriteliteraturereview?Howtowriteliteraturereview?CitedsourcesinaliteraturereviewOrderofCitationsVerbTenseinCitation1.Whatisareviewoftheliterature?AccordingtotheWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia,Aliteraturereviewisabodyoftextthataimstoreviewthecriticalpointsofcurrentknowledgeandormethodologicalapproachesonaparticulartopic.Literaturereviewsaresecondarysources,andassuch,donotreportanynewororiginalexperimentalwork.Awell-structuredliteraturereviewischaracterizedbyalogicalflowofideas;currentandrelevantreferenceswithconsistent,appropriatereferencingstyle;properuseofterminology;andanunbiasedandcomprehensiveviewofthepreviousresearchonthetopic.文献综述的写法文献综述是对某一方面的专题搜集大量情报资料后经综合分析而写成的一种学术论文，它是科学文献的一种。文献综述是反映当前某一领域中某分支学科或重要专题的必威体育精装版进展、学术见解和建议的。它往往能反映出有关问题的新动态、新趋势、新水平、新原理和新技术等等。“综”是要求对文献资料进行综合分析、归纳整理，使材料更精练明确、更有逻辑层次；“述”就是要求对综合整理后的文献进行比较专门的、全面的、深入的、系统的论述。总之，文献综述是作者对某一方面问题的历史背景、前人工作、争论焦点、研究现状和发展前景等内容进行评论的科学性论文。文献综述的内容要求比较和对照不同作者对某一问题的观点；把持有相同结论的作者放在一起；对方法论部分进行批判；留意观点之间的分歧；突出经典研究；突出研究中的差距；说明你研究与以往研究之间的关系；说明你研究与文献之间的整体关系；总结文献，得出你自己的结论。2.Whydowewriteliteraturereview?

Literaturereviewsprovideyouwithahandyguidetoaparticulartopic.Ifyouhavelimitedtimetoconductresearch,literaturereviewscangiveyouanovervieworactasasteppingstone.Forprofessionals,theyareusefulreportsthatkeepthemuptodatewithwhatiscurrentinthefield.Forscholars,thedepthandbreadthoftheliteraturereviewemphasizesthecredibilityofthewriterinhisorherfield.Literaturereviewsalsoprovideasolidbackgroundforaresearchpapersinvestigation.Comprehensiveknowledgeoftheliteratureofthefieldisessentialtomostresearchpapers.

3.Howtowrite:(1)FourstagesProblemformulation—whichtopicorfieldisbeingexaminedandwhatare