Literature Reviews: Useful Sites
The majority of these sites focus on literature reviews in the social sciences unless otherwise noted. For systematic literature reviews, we recommend you to contact directly your subject librarian for help.
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Six Steps to Writing a Literature ReviewThis blog, written by a successful PhD, offer a very nice and simple advice on how to write a literature review from the point of view of an experience professional.
This blog is written by Tanya Golash-Boza, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California at Merced. Her current research is on racial identities and immigration policies. She is currently writing a book on deportees. -
Literature Review and Synthesis (University Writing Center, Indiana University)Excellent handout to teach you how to synthesize (make connections between) multiple sources in your literature review
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How to Write a Historiography (Literature Review for History)This is an excellent site to learn how to write this particular literature review in History.
Writing Tutorials & other Resources
A selection of sites that offer tutorials and handouts to learn how to write literature reviews and how to use specific writing skills such as paraphrasing and synthesis.
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Acknowledging, Paraphrasing and Quoting Sources (UW-Madison's Writing Center)This is an open PDF document with the whole guide on Acknowledging, Paraphrasing and Quoting Sources.
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Synthesize- The Literature Review: A Research JourneyNice explanation by Harvard's Graduate School of Education on what is synthesis. Also, check out the rest of the guide for definitions and videos of faculty and students about the literature review process.
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Introduction to SynthesesExcellent presentation of what is syntheses, different types of it, etc...
Where to Find Stand-Alone Lit. Reviews
Annual Review's journals are journals that specialize to publish stand-alone literature reviews for a particular subject or field. Check out the links below to see example of how literature reviews are written in different fields.
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Sample Literature ReviewFrom Annual Review of Sociology
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List of eJournals for Annual Reviews in variety of subject fieldsList of annual review journals. As you scan the list, notice the ones that listed your specific subject area.
Resources for Writing
UConn Writing Center
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UConn Writing CenterThe University Writing Center was founded to support writing as one of the key skills valued at the University of Connecticut.
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Writing Center's Graduate Students SupportLearn what type of services are offered to support graduate students writing needs
