Literature Review: Overview Assignment Instructions Overview The literature review is foundational to a good dissertation. In this assignment, you will create an overview document for your literature review. This assignment will se

 Literature Review: Overview Assignment Instructions

Overview

The literature review is foundational to a good dissertation. In this assignment, you will create an overview document for your literature review. This assignment will serve as a roadmap for the literature review, structure, and drafts. The key components of your literature review should clarify your focused topic and lay the groundwork for your literature review.

Instructions

The use of artificial intelligence tools to generate, compose, or outsource any portion of your written work is strictly prohibited. Submitting AI‑produced or AI‑assisted writing constitutes a violation of the academic integrity expectations for this doctoral course. All submissions must reflect your own original scholarly analysis and writing.

·       Length of assignment: 3-5 pages. The title page, abstract, and reference pages are excluded from any minimum page count.

·       The assignment should be written in APA current edition format. Be sure to use the professional version for doctoral students.

·       Number of sources: Minimum 5 sources which are peer-reviewed and published within the past 5 years. Acceptable sources include peer-reviewed sources published within the last five years (current year, plus prior 4 years) and seminal works for the theoretical framework (which can be more than 5 years old). You may include older articles provided you also meet the minimum requirement for 5 peer-reviewed sources published within the past 5 years (current year plus prior 4 years). If you exclude older articles, you may miss important information.

·       The Galvan and Galvan course textbook and the Bible must also be used and cited. Biblical integration must be present.

 The Literature Review: Overview Assignment should include all of the following:

·       Introduction to the literature review, explaining its importance in research and its relevance to your academic field.

·       Explain the significance of your chosen topic and its relevance to your academic interests or research goals.

·       Elucidate the importance of the literature review in informing your research project and contributing to scholarly discourse in your field.

·      Objectives of your literature review, such as identifying key themes, evaluating existing research, and addressing a specific research question (singular).

·       Scope of your literature review, outlining the boundaries and limitations of your review of the literature. Clarify the timeframe, geographic focus, and disciplinary perspectives as related to your topic.

·       Key concepts and keywords relevant to your literature review topic. Explain how these will be used to search for and analyze the literature.

·       Search strategy for identifying relevant literature, including databases, search terms, and inclusion and exclusion criteria. Discuss any challenges or considerations in conducting your literature search.

·       Description of the organizational structure of the literature review, including main sections and subsections, according to themes.

·       A summary, and a conclusion outlining key points of your literature review overview, highlighting the focused topic, objectives, scope, and organizational structure.

·       A reference list in the appropriate citation style.

Be sure to incorporate any feedback you have received from your instructor on the Literature Review Topic Identification Assignment regarding your topic selection, into this overview assignment.

For all assignments in this course, you are expected to demonstrate progression by incorporating instructor feedback from prior assignments in this course.

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

At this stage in your doctoral journey, and specifically for this course, do not use the following or any secondary sources in your reference list: systematic reviews, integrative reviews, scoping reviews, and meta‑analyses. These are secondary sources, and citing them is essentially the same as citing a review of other studies, rather than the original research.

For your assignments, you must rely on primary, peer‑reviewed research articles. Primary sources report original data, methods, and findings, and these are essential for developing the critical research skills needed at the doctoral level. You may read systematic reviews and other secondary sources to help you understand your topic more broadly. However, if you come across useful studies within those reviews, locate and cite the original (primary) research articles from the reference lists rather than citing the review itself.

At this stage in your doctoral journey, you are in the coursework phase. Coursework prepares you for the dissertation phase, but it is not a substitute for the work required once you begin your dissertation. When you enter the dissertation phase, you will follow the direction and expectations of your Dissertation Chair. For now, please complete all assignments according to the requirements of this course, knowing that dissertation‑level guidance will come later from the Chair of your dissertation committee.