Emerson College Library: Teaching Materials Cache: Literature Review

Lit Review: Explainers

Literature Review: An Overview for Graduate Students (10 min video + transcript)
What is a literature review? What purpose does it serve in research? What should you expect when writing one? Find out here. From North Carolina State University Libraries (NCSU).
Literature Reviews: Explainer (webpage)
Explains literature reviews, and offers best practices for how to write lit reviews in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. From the writing center at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care [electronic resource] by Aveyard
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780335238866
Publication Date: 2010-01-05
This bestselling book is a step-by-step guide to doing a literature review in health and social care. It is vital reading for all those undertaking their undergraduate or postgraduate dissertation or any research module which involves a literature review.

Lit Review worksheet
A tool to record your analysis of articles you are considering including in an annotated bibliography or literature review.

Adapted from Oberlin College