Business Intelligence & Data Science: Literature Reviews

From Scribbr: "Writing a literature review involves finding relevant publications (such as books and journal articles), critically analyzing them, and explaining what you found. There are five key steps:

1. Search for relevant literature
2. Evaluate sources
3. Identify themes, debates and gaps
4. Outline the structure
5. Write your literature review

A good literature review doesn’t just summarize sources – it analyzes, synthesizes, and critically evaluates to give a clear picture of the state of knowledge on the subject."

A literature review examines the current thinking in a field and illustrates the relationships between existing knowledge and your own work. It has multiple purposes, including:

• Identify gaps in current knowledge;
• Build on a platform of existing knowledge and ideas;
• Identify other people working in the field;
• Provide intellectual context for your own work;
• Identify opposing viewpoints;
• Discover transferable information and ideas

Consult the following resources for details about preparing a literature review.