What are the components of literature review

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What are the components of literature review

  • A brief biography of the author(s), including their job title, location of employment, and some indication of their identity (e.g., the renowned authority on campus finance; a bold, young architect-scholar of campus design; a frequent critic of academic administration).
  • An overview of the book’s objectives and how they help advance academic culture, administrative procedures, and college planning as a whole.
  • An explanation of the author’s methodology, the depth of the study and scholarship, the coherence of the argument, and the clarity of the text.
  • To set the work in the context of the existing literature, a comparison with previous or comparable publications in the topic is made.
  • An assessment of the book’s strengths, value, and unique additions, as well as any flaws you feel, are important to mention.

Every journal that has been published will often have its unique style for reviewing books. They won’t accept reviews that don’t adhere to the format requirements. The University of Colorado, for instance, has the following requirements for book reviewers:

A comprehensive book review may just address one book, one monograph, or a number of works. It has between 750 and 1000 words. It ought to provide readers with an interesting, educational, and critical analysis of the work. The review must adhere to the below-listed CYE Style Guidelines.

  • The most crucial aspect of writing a book review is to speak to the worldwide and multidisciplinary readership of the journal. Reviewers should take into account:
  • who the book is aimed for and why they might find it valuable;
  • the author’s background;
  • the book’s primary concepts and goals, as well as how well they are achieved;
  • the reliability of the information sources and procedures employed;
  • the political issue, evaluation of research or policy, etc. that served as the book’s setting or drive;
  • a contrast with related literature;
  • constructive criticism of the book’s strengths and flaws;

For edited books: dominant themes with reference to specific chapters as appropriate; and implications of the book for research, policy, practice, or theory.

The header of your review should include:

Author(s) or editor(s) first and last name(s) (please indicate if it is an edited book)

  • Title of book
  • Year of publication
  • Place of publication
  • Publisher
    Number of pages
  • Price (please indicate paperback or hard cover) if available
  • ISBN

At the end of your review, please include:

  • Your first and last name
  • Institution affiliation
  • A brief biographical note along the line of: Breile Yahgis received her (degree) in (field) from….She is currently… Where she teaches/conducts research/practices in….. Her interests include….etc.

Style Guidelines

All citations should be included inside the text itself, not in footnotes or endnotes. These citations ought to look like this:
(Smith 1999). If a specific page number has to be cited, the reference should take the following format: (Smith 1999, 27).
Instead of using British English spelling, all reviews must be posted using American English. (In order to change the language in a Microsoft Word document, first “select all” (ctrl-a) the text you wish to change, and then pick “Language and “Set Language” from the Tools pull-down menu. Select “English (U.S.)” from the list of choices.)

Any references should be included in a separate Endnotes or ProCite file. If you do not have access to this software, please format all references in the CYE Style, as shown in the following examples. (Please note capitalization and punctuation conventions.)

Book:

Holloway, Sarah and Gill Valentine, eds. (2000). Children’s Geographies: Playing, Living, Learning. London and New York: Routledge.

Book Chapter:

Jencks, Christopher and Susan Mayer (1990). “The Social Consequences of Growing up in a Poor Neighborhood.” In Lynn, Laurence and Michael McGeary, eds. Inner-City Poverty in the United States. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 111-186.

Journal Article:

Gallagher, Claire B. (2004). “Our Town: Children as Advocates for Change in the City.” Childhood 11(2): 251-262

An interdisciplinary journal is CYE. Authors must connect with a large audience that includes numerous readers in subject areas beyond their own. Therefore, language must be plain and free of superfluous jargon and technical terminology. Make as much use of the active voice as you can.