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University of Liverpool - PhD

Period 1b - CSCR001 - Literature Survey

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University of Liverpool - Department of Computer Science

Brief Description

All first year MPhil/PhD students should submit a Literature Survey by the last Friday of February of their first (part-time students may submit this document by the end of their first year of study as part of their end-of-year report).

Compiling a literature survey should no not be a very difficult task, as most students in their first six months of study will probably be involved in some kind of literature survey/exploration. It shouldn’t take you more than a day to complete this report (perhaps picking from the various log files and little notes that you must have no doubt collected on your desk).

As to the format of the report, as a rule of thumb one page of references without anything else would look rather "slim", but a 3-4 page document (depending on font, spacings, etc) containing half a page summary of your research and an annotated bibliography would look quite appropriate.

An electronic version of such document (preferably in PDF format) should be sent by e-mail to the Departmental Director of Graduate Studies.

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