Writing a Literature Review Narrative

The purpose of this paper is to present an approach for translating the copious background material gathered from the professional literature into a coherent and compelling written document. The approach includes steps for weaving together summary information from each study in a way that offers the reader a logical and clear description of pertinent methodological and conceptual issues and the implications for further research. The step-by-step approach enables both the novice and veteran researcher to translate the details of each study into a cogent synthesis that leads to determining the base of knowledge about the topic

The purpose of this paper is to present an approach for translating the copious background material gathered from the professional literature into a coherent and compelling written document. The approach includes steps for weaving together summary information from each study in a way that offers the reader a logical and clear description of pertinent methodological and conceptual issues and the implications for further research. The step-by-step approach enables both the novice and veteran researcher to translate the details of each study into a cogent synthesis that leads to determining the base of knowledge about the topic