This guide discusses understanding information sources, formulating a topic and search phrase, where and how to search the library for information, how to evaluate sources, how to cite sources, and more.
"A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area, and sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time period. A literature review can be just a simple summary of the sources, but it usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and synthesis. A summary is a recap of the important information of the source, but a synthesis is a re-organization, or a reshuffling, of that information. It might give a new interpretation of old material or combine new with old interpretations. Or it might trace the intellectual progression of the field, including major debates. And depending on the situation, the literature review may evaluate the sources and advise the reader on the most pertinent or relevant." Source: The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. (2013). Literature Reviews. Retrieved from https://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/ This link opens in a new window
Mwongozo huu unazungumzia kuelewa vyanzo vya habari, kuunda mada na maneno ya utafutaji, wapi na jinsi ya kutafuta maktaba kwa habari, jinsi ya kutathmini vyanzo, jinsi ya kutaja vyanzo, na zaidi. "Uchunguzi wa fasihi huzungumzia habari iliyochapishwa katika eneo fulani la somo, na nyakati nyingine habari katika eneo fulani la somo ndani ya kipindi fulani cha wakati. Mapitio ya fasihi inaweza kuwa muhtasari rahisi wa vyanzo, lakini kwa kawaida ina muundo wa shirika na inachanganya muhtasari na mchanganyiko. Kwa mfano, muhtasari ni muhtasari wa habari muhimu kutoka kwa chanzo, lakini mchanganyiko ni utaratibu mpya au kuchanganyikiwa upya kwa habari hiyo. Inaweza kutoa tafsiri mpya ya habari ya zamani au kuchanganya tafsiri mpya na za zamani. Au huenda ikafuatilia maendeleo ya kiakili ya uwanja huo, kutia ndani mabishano makuu. Na kulingana na hali, ukaguzi wa fasihi waweza kutathmini vyanzo na kumshauri msomaji juu ya yale yanayofaa zaidi au yanayohusiana zaidi". Chanzo: Kituo cha Kuandika katika UNC-Chapel Hill. (2013). Mapitio ya Fasihi. Imechukuliwa kutoka https: writingcenter.unc.edu.html: handouts.literature-reviews.html: Hii kiungo hufunguliwa katika dirisha jipya.