My advisor told me my literature review “looks like an annotated bibliography” . I don't understand the difference. An annotated bibliography is a list of sources with summaries. A literature review organizes sources by theme or debate and shows how they relate to each other and to your research question.
So instead of: “Smith (2020) found X. Jones (2021) found Y.” I should write: “Researchers disagree about X. Smith found evidence supporting Y, while Jones challenges this, arguing that Z is more significant.”
Is that right? How do I know when my literature review is synthesized enough? I'm stuck between summarizing and analyzing. Help!
So instead of: “Smith (2020) found X. Jones (2021) found Y.” I should write: “Researchers disagree about X. Smith found evidence supporting Y, while Jones challenges this, arguing that Z is more significant.”
Is that right? How do I know when my literature review is synthesized enough? I'm stuck between summarizing and analyzing. Help!