Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Research Guide

Literature Review: an Overview for Graduate Students

Organize your notes on a Synthesis Matrix

As you read, you'll encounter various ideas, disagreements, methods, and perspectives which can be hard to organize in a meaningful way.

A synthesis matrix helps you record the main points of each source and document how sources relate to each other.

Sample literature review

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