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The study investigates prominent elements of a literature review template and identifies typical data elements for narrative and systematic reviews. The authors then combine these elements in a structured, flexible format they call the structured narrative literature review template. Organized into Bibliographic Information, Study Information, Study Contribution, and Reviewer Methodology, the template supports transparent organization and strengthens reviewer strategy to simplify the research writing process.","Creating a Structured Narrative Literature Review Template: A Case Study\nKatherine Williamson, Centenary College of Louisiana\nMichele Reilly, University of Arkansas\nSanti Thompson, University of Houston\nAbstract\nCompleting a literature review can be overwhelming for reviewers at any level. Given the crucial role of a literature review in conducting scholarship, research methodology literature in various disciplines addresses directions, approaches, strategies, and benefits to aid in the completion of a review.  The authors of this paper answered the following research question: “What are the prominent elements of a literature review template.” After identifying the typical elements needed to collect data for a narrative and systematic literature review, the authors combined elements in a novel way to create a new literature review template, which they titled the structured narrative literature review template. This template makes the literature review process more manageable by providing a flexible, concise, and easy-to-understand tool. It is organized into four sections: Bibliographic Information, Study Information, Study Contribution, and Reviewer Methodology.. Ultimately, incorporating the template equips a reviewer with a structure and strategy that can assist in overcoming one of the most daunting portions of the research process.\nKeywords: narrative literature review; literature review template; research methodology\nLiterature reviews are fundamental to the research process (Boell & Cezec-Kecmanovic, 2010; Garfield, 1987). Most, if not all, academic writing includes a survey of relevant literature (Machi & McEvoy, 2016). The importance of a literature review is to understand the topic at hand, what others have written about the subject, and as Carnwell and Daly (2001) state, “to identify gaps in the knowledge that a new study would seek to address” (p. 57).\nMethodology research in various disciplines addresses definitions, strategies, and benefits of completing a literature review. It also addresses challenges and provides broad recommendations for starting a review, identifying relevant information, and developing conclusions. These sources assist the person conducting a review (hereafter, reviewer(s)) on the why and the how of performing a literature review.\nTwo types of literature reviews include those that are part of larger studies and those that are “free-standing.” Within the types of reviews are different methods in which reviews are conducted. These include ”narrative,” “systematic,” “realist,” and “scoping.” The authors of this paper (hereafter, the authors) focus only on narrative and systematic reviews in this section as the other examples are niche to respective disciplines. Additionally, the authors consider the following topics outside the scope of this study:  differentiations between the two literature review types (larger studies vs.  “free-standing”), as their research promotes data collection for either; literature search strategies, which have been thoroughly addressed in various disciplinary literature; a template for a systematic literature review, although their results accounts for some of the elements included in this review method; and citation software, as the authors  were focused on a template-based approach.\nNarrative literature reviews focus on selected topics through creative and critical analysis of arguments found in secondary sources rather than purely quantitative content. Unsurprisingly, this method, sometimes also referred to in the literature as “traditional” or “interpretive” review, takes a narrative format and “critiques and summarizes a body of literature and draws conclusions about the topic in question” (Cronin, Ryan & Coughlan, 2008, p. 38). Narrative reviews allow reviewers to understand previous knowledge and arguments while forming the foundation for their unique contributions to the field. Thus, narrative reviews are frequently relevant for humanities scholarship. 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