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Literature review format
Literature review format is a format that comprehensively introduces the existing research results of related topics or related fields on the basis of collecting and consulting a large number of related documents after the research topics are determined.

The structure of literature review generally consists of the following parts:

Title.

The title of literature review is generally to add the word "literature review" after the design (paper) title.

Summary or preface.

This part generally does not need a special title, and directly serves as the opening part of the whole literature review. The content is to briefly introduce the significance of this study; The main problems to be solved; If this topic involves more advanced theories, it should also be briefly introduced; Finally, the scope and sources of data collected by researchers should be introduced.

Among them, it is necessary to make clear which major works have been consulted and which databases have been consulted online (such as the full-text database of China Journal Network and the full-text database of dissertations). ), how to search (for example, search by entering "keywords" or "author's name" or "article name", generally using exact matching), * * the number of articles of relevant papers searched, and the number of papers that have direct reference value for themselves.

Words.

This is the core part of literature review. On the basis of classification, we should systematically introduce the useful information we have collected.

To sum it up.

Summarize and evaluate the main characteristics, research trends and values of the above research results. This part should focus on the existing research foundation of this topic (what foundation has been laid for our own research or what enlightenment has been gained from it) and the remaining research space (the blank or weak link of this topic).