How to Write a Literature Review

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Rocco, Tonette S. and Maria S. Plakhotnik. "Literature Reviews, Conceptual Frameworks, and Theoretical Frameworks: Terms, Functions, and Distinctions." Human Ressource Development Review 8 (March 2008): 120-130

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The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (2009). Literature Reviews. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/

Torracro, Richard. "Writing Integrative Literature Reviews: Guidelines and Examples." Human Resource Development Review 4 (September 2005): 356-367

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