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Take a step-by-step approach to writing a lit review.

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• Summarize
• Synthesize
• Integrate

Literature Reviews in the Social Sciences

An excellent free open-source book on creating literature reviews in the social sciences.

• Research in Color: A hands-on roadmap to literature reviews in the social sciences

This workbook guides graduate students through the literature review process for a research course, dissertation, thesis, or publication. Through pragmatic and creative activities, students will find and evaluate sources, take effective notes, recognize patterns, and synthesize findings to prepare them for writing their literature reviews.

Introduction

Literature reviews take time. Here is some general information to know before you start.

1. VIDEO -- This video is a great overview of the entire process.  (2020; North Carolina State University Libraries)\ --The transcript is included\ --This is for everyone; ignore the mention of "graduate students"\ --9.5 minutes, and every second is important\
2. OVERVIEW -- Read this page from Purdue's OWL. It's not long, and gives some tips to fill in what you just learned from the video.\
3. NOT A RESEARCH ARTICLE -- A literature review follows a different style, format, and structure from a research article.\

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