Evaluating the Reliability of Sources

This tutorial will show you how to evaluate the reliability of potential sources of information for an assignment. Each section examines one of the characteristics of reliability using examples from various disciplines. The tutorial should take you approximately 15 minutes to complete.

A literature review quite literally involves searching for, reading, evaluating and

summarising as much as possible of the available literature that relates both

directly and indirectly to your research topic. In this sense, the word ‘literature’ is

used broadly to refer to all kinds of published information, including textbooks,

journal articles and material available online. To produce a good literature

review, you need to show that you have read widely and researched the topic as

much as possible...

The structure of a literature review

A literature review should be structured like any other essay: it should have an introduction, a middle or main body, and a conclusion.

Introduction

The introduction should:

•define your topic and provide an appropriate context for reviewing the literature;

•establish your reasons – i.e. point of view – for

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