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When to stop reading & other questions

Macha · 2008-09-03 08:10:56

Hi guys, Just have a few questions about my dissertation. (Tutor has gone AWOL so am a bit stuck..) For a 20,000 word dissertation, how long should the literature review be - about 10 - 15%? Also, I've read about 40 articles at this stage (have another 40 downloaded) and the same concepts keep coming up. Is that a sign to…

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03-09-2008 9:10am

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Macha

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Hi guys,

Just have a few questions about my dissertation. (Tutor has gone AWOL so am a bit stuck..)

For a 20,000 word dissertation, how long should the literature review be - about 10 - 15%?

Also, I've read about 40 articles at this stage (have another 40 downloaded) and the same concepts keep coming up. Is that a sign to stop reading & start writing? My area is ecolabels & there are hundreds and hundreds of articles..

thanks in advance

Taco

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