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Writing Your Assignment

Information and resources for completing written assignments including essays, annotated bibliographies, literature reviews and more.

What is a Literature Review?

A literature review finds, summarizes, organizes and presents a body of knowledge on a topic.

Books on Writing Literature Reviews

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Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Primary Sources

Original document, source or text without any criticism or interpretation. Includes primary research articles that report the results of original research.

Secondary Sources

An analysis, interpretation or evaluation of primary source information. Includes opinion, review, discussion or summary.

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