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Research & Action Program Resources

Abstracts

Writing Abstracts
The Purdue Online Writing Lab's site about writing an abstract.

Literature Reviews

What is a Lit Review?
The writing Center at UNC Chapel Hill describes lit reviews in detail.
Step by step guide
Very in-depth instructions on writing a lit review. steps 1-24 involve pre-research and choosing a topic. Step 25 is where the lit review instructions begin.

Literature Reviews might point out:

overall trends in what has been published about your topic
conflicts in theory, methodology, evidence, and conclusions
gaps in research and scholarship
a single problem or new perspective of immediate interest

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