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Handout
- How-To Literature ReviewsA handout from the University of Louisville writing center, does a great job of covering similar material to my presentation plus an example paragraph from a lit review.
Main Source for this Guide
The Literature Review by ISBN: 9781071852903Publication Date: 2022-01-17Portions of this guide are derived from this text. We have an e-book copy of the full book available.
Other Books on Literature Reviews
Conducting Your Literature Review by ISBN: 9781433830921Publication Date: 2019-09-10This book is a step-by-step guide to writing a literature review, and includes tips for modifying the process as needed depending on your audience, purpose, and goals. The lessons in this book can be applied to writing the background section for a thesis or an original research publication. Literature reviews are now much more challenging to compile today than they used to be. You need a structured approach to handle the sheer volume of published research available. This book will help you formulate a strategy for making decisions about what to include and not include in your review, and produce a reliable and unbiased summary of the existing research. You will learn skills for defining research questions, using search tools and managing citations.- Literature reviews for education and nursing graduate students byPublication Date: 2017An open textbook designed for students in graduate-level nursing and education programs.
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