As you start to put the final touches on your Literature Review for this week, it might be helpful to remember the guidelines presented in Chapter 3 of your textbook:
1. Get the proper psychological orientation.
2. Have a plan.
3. Emphasize relateness to your research problem.
4. Provide transitional phrases, sentences, or paragraphs that help your readers follow your train of thought.
5. Know the difference between describing the literature and plagiarizing it.
6. Always give credit where credit is due.
7. Minimize your use of direct quotations from other people's work.
8. Summarize what you have said.
9. Remember that your first draft will almost certainly not be your last draft.
10. Ask others for advice and feedback.
Leedy, P. & Ormond, J.E. (2013) Practical Research Planning and Design (pp. 67-70)