{"id":5483,"date":"2019-05-03T13:26:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T13:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/comic_strip\/6-differences-between-study-background-and-literature-review\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:11:12","slug":"6-differences-between-a-study-background-and-a-literature-review","status":"publish","type":"comic_strip","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/6-differences-between-a-study-background-and-a-literature-review","title":{"rendered":"6 Differences between study background and literature review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">A study background and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/services\/other\/literature-search?utm_source=editageinsights&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=study-background-vs-literature-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>literature review<\/strong><\/a> are essential parts of a research paper. However,\u00a0it is easy to get confused between them\u00a0while writing your manuscript. What makes\u00a0it so difficult to distinguish between the two? Well, both sections talk about the existing scientific knowledge in a research area and highlight gaps that need to be addressed. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">So how can you effectively write each section without getting confused? This infographic lists 6\u00a0differences to help you distinguish between the background of a study and a literature review. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\">Feel free to download a PDF version of this infographic and use it as a handy reference.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive\" title=\"Default Title Text\" src=\"http:\/\/insights.cactusglobal.com\/sites\/default\/files\/6%20Differences%20between%20a%20study%20background%20and%20a%20literature%20review_0.png\" alt=\"Default Alt text\" data-file_info=\"%7B%22fid%22:%228191%22,%22view_mode%22:%22default%22,%22fields%22:%7B%22format%22:%22default%22,%22field_file_image_alt_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Alt%20text%22,%22field_file_image_title_text%5Bund%5D%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D%22:%22Default%20Title%20Text%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Btextfield%5D%22:%22%22,%22field_image_tags%5Bund%5D%5Bvalue_field%5D%22:%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%5C%22%22%7D,%22type%22:%22media%22%7D\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><b>Related reading:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-write-the-background-of-your-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to write the background of your study<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/8-dos-and-8-donts-of-writing-an-engaging-study-background\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8 Dos and 8 don&#8217;ts of writing an engaging study background<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/a-young-researchers-guide-to-writing-a-literature-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A young researcher&#8217;s guide to writing a literature review<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: blue; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-write-a-literature-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to write a literature review<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Break that writer\u2019s block! 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