Complete Course Information

Your Complete Lit Review Companion

🖥️ Short video sessions every week (review at your convenience)
✍️ Intensive writing support
💬 24/7 instructor access via email and text
✅ Personalized review/feedback in every phase
🤝 Dedicated cohort community
☎️ Optional instructor phone call add-ons

Part 1: The Strategic Literature Search (3 weeks)

• Advanced database search techniques beyond basic keywords
• Systematic terminology development and search string creation
• Citation chaining: helpful or harmful?
• Grey literature and dissertation repository searching
• Documentation systems for comprehensive coverage
• Quality assessment and source selection criteria
• Conducting the search (with personal feedback)
• Finalizing your literature selection
• Practical ways to keep track of everything you’ve done (no Excel sheets required)

Part 2: Smart Annotation System (6 weeks)

• Proven annotation system that captures exactly what you need
• Synthesis-ready tagging and note-taking that feeds directly into your chapter
• Argument mapping and gap identification strategies
• Digital organization systems that scale with your research
• Template systems for consistent, efficient processing
• Troubleshooting typical lit review issues
• Optional: AI integration strategies, ethical use, and cautions

Part 3: Writing Your Lit Review (3 weeks)

• Finalizing a laser-focused outline
• Synthesis writing techniques (not just summarizing)
• Argument flow and logical progression
• Gap identification and research justification
• Transitions and flow
• Revision strategies for committee approval