ENVI1096 Mini Literature Review Assignment Brief 2024

Assignment Brief

Mini Literature Review Assignment

1. Your review must be based on your planned dissertation/research topic.
2. You must identify at least 20 relevant peer-reviewed journal articles related to this topic which address current issues in this area, focusing on most recent work (2017 onwards): analyse the findings and relevance of this research. You must identify and justify a clear research question/knowledge gap.
3. Your mini literature review must include:

• a title describing your topic and an introduction to the importance of your topic
• a main section divided into sub-topic sections in which you discuss key components of your topic, by reference to the literature, explaining their relevance to your topic
• a conclusion of your findings, which should identify research gaps
• references (in Harvard style) cited in text and listed in full in reference section (by alphabetical order of first author surname; no bullets or numbers)

• Overall presentation checklist: this must be followed.
• 2,000 words (+/-10%) - text only, excluding reference list, tables and figures.

Give the text word count on the front page.

• Put your student number on the front page or as a header: do not include your name. Ensure that your Word document has a tick in bottom left corner before submitting it. The upload file name must be your student ID number (not your name or any other name of the file).
• Your review must be submitted as an MS Word document with page numbers; do not add a page border to your document. Note that pdf submissions will not be marked.
• Avoid obtaining a high similarity score by not cutting and pasting text: write in your own words (all work with a similarity score above 20% will be scrutinised as will all work generating a 0% similarity score).
• It will also be assumed also that you have read the guidance on formatting written work and referencing when preparing your review.