A small-scale literature review investigating an emergency management topic, PLEASE CHOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
- Best practices for emergency management programs
- Lessons learned for emergency managers from a specific event (e.g. September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Harvey, etc.)
- Community education for emergency preparedness
Best practices for developing a strong literature review involve the following steps:
- Identify your specific topic.
- Search for scholarly sources and valid institutional articles relevant to your topic. Ideally, the group of sources you select will present a variety of perspectives on your topic for you to compare and contrast.
- Read all of the sources, taking notes on the key ideas, conclusions, and meaningful quotes from each.
- Organize your notes into a framework or outline that groups and presents the sources in a logical progression of ideas.
- Begin drafting your review by filling in the outline with your words, analysis (evaluating, comparing, and contrasting the different sources), and transitions.
- Draft a conclusion to the paper that sums up your analysis and provides final thoughts or insights.
- Draft an introduction to the paper that provides an overview of what will be presented.
- Revise and polish for final submission.
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