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Assignment: Literature Review
Overview:
Candidates had the opportunity to talk to colleagues regarding areas of concern that are pertinent to the field of counseling. This week candidates will conduct a search of the literature about their topic and write a small-scale literature review.
General Instructions
Using the following resources:
1. Your reading from the textbook and discussion board posted chapter
2. Research Proposal Template in the Resource section of the course
3. Lamar library search program
4. Google Scholar or another search program
I. Locate and download at least six peer-reviewed, empirical study articles on the topic of your chosen study that have been published within the last 10 years using the Lamar library search program, Google Scholar, or another search program.
II. Create an APA formatted reference document for the six articles. You must provide in-text citations for each of your articles.
III. Summarize/paraphrase each article in 3 to 4 sentences noting key points - findings and conclusions.
IV. From the summaries, identify at least two themes or subheadings.
V. Finally, write your small-scale literature review following the outline below.
Outline for writing your small-scale literature review:
Introduction
The introduction is used to establish the context of your review to the reader. To establish the context, it is important to do the following in this opening paragraph:
1. Define the topic of your study and provide any background information that helps your reader to understand the topic.
2. Explain your reason (perspective) for reviewing the literature on this topic.
3. State your research question(s) for this review.