If you major in engineering, you will definitely face such task as making an engineering literature review, no matter whether it is a part of your Engineering thesis or a stand-alone assignment.
Although you might be rather good at engineering, preparing a good engineering literature review can turn into a real challenge even for an expert.
Let us present you useful tips and resources needed to prepare engineering literature reviews and make your work easier.
Resources for making engineering literature reviews
We know that many students face difficulties with finding useful databases, articles, monographs, and other sources needed to complete engineering literature reviews. Some students rely on Google and other search engines, but unfortunately, they are not always helpful.
Here are a couple of databases that you can use to prepare your engineering literature review:
- Inspec – it is a huge database of the Institution of Electrical Engineering, where you can find journals, past dissertations, reports.
- EI Compendex – it is an index to a wide range of engineering literature.
- Web of Science – this database covers more than 3,000 of journals in engineering and science.
Tips for writing engineering literature reviews
Below, we have listed major tasks that you need to complete when writing your engineering literature review.
- Introduce a theoretical framework for research you are going to conduct;
- Demonstrate that you know and understand all important studies, concepts, ideas related to the topic of your project;
- Show that you know what has already been investigated on your topic, what else requires research;
- Demonstrate your ability to evaluate critically works of other scholars, define existing controversies, and develop your own position on various issues related to the topic.
So, good luck with engineering literature reviews!