1.   In the first instance this includes a literature review.

2.   To be sure, the literature review has several real uses.

3.   In this revised format you present material from your literature review, paradoxically, at the end, where you examine implications and applications.

4.   The statement is from a literature review of recent specialist research published in the scholarly journal Diplomatic History.

5.   A state-of-the-art literature review calls for dedicated searches in libraries to gather and organise information from books, reports and journals.

6.   The crucial role the literature review plays in research is not often adequately appreciated.