An approach in reviewing the literature:

 Firstly, describe what you use as literature or contextual materials and justify
why would you choose those resources. Now that a variety of literature is
accessible, it is crucial that you make possibly the best choices for a solid
reason, just like with any decision on research. You can take the time to
learn how much this body of literature can be searched. You need, for
instance, to consider the scope and limitations of the electronic
instruments/tools that you use if you are searching online, considering that
many people do that these days. Google Scholar is a website for many
people in terms of scholarly texts and contents, but it does not index
everything and it does not search results neutrally.
 Please note that there can be exclusive/private websites intended for
academic/research purposes, so it would be best to ask your professor if
there are any other scholarly sites they could recommend for you to use
aside from Google Scholar.
 You can usually develop many points during the first part of a literature
review. You must identify or describe your idea and briefly establish
common trends in terms of conflicts, research gaps, foundational research
or theory, and so on that you find within your topic. You also must
determine your position - or claim/argument - in accordance with the project
and the review organization. Have a clear rationale for what you want to
search for and your search as a whole so that you will not have to search
for everything that just comes up in your mind.
 Prepare a record of your search tracks including the time when you searched,
the keywords that you searched, search dates, websites, and copy the
relevant links if possible, so that the efficiency of your approach can be
measured by your readers, colleagues, or yourself. Unfortunately, today you
may also have to always re-verify if the materials that you intend to use are
actually valid and identifiable, as repositories and directories may still store
and retain discontinued/invalidated literature or those that are considered as
a spoof. This means that researchers must always double-check the validity
of the materials and you may use resources that can help verify if the
materials chosen are bona fide as far as possible, such as Retraction
Watch.
 Consider organizing the whole study and theory according to a specific
approach while writing the body of the literature review. You might discuss
the literature in chronological order, for instance, or you can thematically
organize your research around main concepts, words, or theoretical
models. Definitions of keywords and their origins, explanations of the
related debates, or a description of your topic's most up-to-date thought are
what your literature review may include.
 At the beginning of each section or paragraph, you would also want to make
intuitive transitions and solid sentences that would provide helpful heads-up
to the readers. Dividing the review's body into individual parts with individual
sub-headings can be beneficial. In summarizing and analyzing the studies
or the articles, you should not necessarily have to pay the same attention to
each article. Some works of literature may be more essential to your study
and therefore need to be addressed in greater detail. It may also be that
you chose not to include some materials/literature, so you will also have to
justify such choices.

 Ethical issues while conducting literature review:

 Bias - Reading literature is valuable, but being bias is characterized by
reading only those that you agree with rather than reading literature that
reflects a good array of perspectives and opinions. For example, you are
searching for other studies discussing a parent's opinion on a specific
brand of milk. While reading the literature, you only consider/take note
of the portions presenting mothers' opinion on the brand of milk
because you believe that mothers are usually the ones spending more
time with their children, and you disregard the opinion of fathers on
the same matter.
 Cherry-Picking and Skim-Reading - This is unethical as it involves the act
of not fully reading and understanding the literature being reviewed. The
researcher has the tendency to scan certain parts that catches their
attention, which may lead to misunderstanding in terms of the literature's
true arguments and reasoning. This will also limit the researcher's idea
about the quality of the literature, hindering them from weighing whether the
material must be discussed in length or only briefly in the study. For
example, you find literature that has the keywords you searched for.
While reading, you only look for parts of the literature that has the said
keywords without fully understanding what is being presented in the
whole work.
 Plagiarism - This involves the act of not citing others' works properly and
formally, copying and pasting without legit reference, and even failing to
rephrase/paraphrase too many words from others' studies. For example,
you decide to use another author's work as part of your literature
review. You rephrased the sentences you found relevant, but you did
not include any citation. That will be considered plagiarism and
beware of this because plagiarism is a crime.