Common problems and mistakes in conducting a literature review include uncertain purpose, vague introduction and poor organization, not enough information, failing to connect to take-home message, be critical, exceptions and counterexamples, tell the reader where to go, and matters of style. Some other common literature review mistakes are as follows:

• Discussing the studies consecutively without making a connection with each other
• Neglecting to state similar findings of the past research
• Including the articles that are almost irrelevant to the research questions.