Chapter 2 of 9 · 3 practices · 3 min · 3-question quiz

Write the literature review chapter

The literature review shows you know the field and explains why your project is needed. Organise it around ideas, analyse rather than summarise, and end with the gap.

Start: Organise the review by theme, not by paper

3 practices in this chapter

1Organise the review by theme, not by paperGroup related work under themes that match your problem. For a medicine expiry tracking project, the themes might be: Inventory systems for small retailers; Expiry and batch tracking in pharmacies…
2Analyse strengths and weaknesses instead of only describingDescribing a paper says what it did. Analysing it says how well it did it, under what conditions, and whether it applies to your users.
3Prefer primary, citable sources over blogs and tutorialsYour literature review should rest on sources an examiner can check and trust: Read the source itself, not only someone's summary of it. If you found a paper through a chatbot or search summary, open…

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