how to do a literature review for dissertation

What is a literature review? What’s the point of it? How do you evaluate literature? Use our Writing the literature review guide for answers to these questions and more.
A literature review is built on the work of others, but you shouldn’t rely on the words of others when expressing their views. For this reason, Paraphrasing is a particularly important skill when writing a literature review.

Step 2: Identify gaps in your research based on step 1 review.
(from University of Minnesota’s Dissertation Calculator)

References:

http://guides.ucf.edu/c.php?g=78838&p=518756
http://library.soton.ac.uk/sash/dissertation-planner/writing-literature-review