Library Guides: Conducting a Literature Review for the Social Sciences: Research Assistance

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Searching and Writing in the Social Sciences

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Recommended Readings on Literature Reviews

The Research Process
Panning for Gold: A Clinicians Guide to Using Research: Excellent article from the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy summarizing the research process including the literature review. Consider other research articles below:

Cronin, P., Ryan, F., & Coughlan, M. Undertaking a literature review: A step-by-step approach. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 17.1 (2008): 38-43.
Patrick LJ & Munro S. The Literature review: Demystifying the literature search. The Diabetes Educator, 30(1): 30-38.
Hammond, C. C., & Brown, S. (2008). Citation Searching: Search Smarter & Find More. Computers in Libraries, 28(5), 10-61.
Whittemore, R., & Melkus, G. D. (2008). Designing a research study. Diabetes Educator, 34(2), 201. doi: 10.1177/0145721708315678
Machi, L. A., & McEvoy, B. T. (2009). The Literature Review: Six steps to success. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Corwin Press.
Hart, C. (1998). Doing a literature review: Releasing the social science research imagination. London: Sage Publications.