POLI 500 - Senior Seminar: Books, Articles, & Web Pages

Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students (NCSU Libraries)
What is a literature review? What purpose does it serve in research? What should you expect when writing one? Find out here.

Writing the Literature Review in Three Parts (YouTube videos):

Part One: Step-by-Step Tutorial for Graduate Students

Part Two: Step-by-Step Tutorial for Graduate Students

Part Three: Outline and Write the Review of Literature

The Literature Review (Massey University)
This video lecture explains how to write a Literature Review, and examines which elements are required in one.

Literature Reviews (The Writing Center, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Explains what literature reviews are and offer insights into the form and construction of literature reviews in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

Bettany-Saltikov, Josette. "Learning Zone. Learning How to Undertake a Systematic Review: Part 1." Nursing Standard, vol. 24, no. 50, 18 Aug. 2010, pp. 47-56. EBSCOhost, proxy.uscupstate.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=53474277&site=ehost-live.

Denney, Andrew S. and Richard Tewksbury. "How to Write a Literature Review." Journal of Criminal Justice Education, vol. 24, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 218-234. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/10511253.2012.730617.http://Denney, Andrew S. and Richard Tewksbury. "How to Write a Literature Review." Journal of Criminal Justice Education, vol. 24, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 218-234. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/10511253.2012.730617.

"Analyzing the past to Prepare for the Future: Writing a Literature Review." MIS Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, June 2002, pp. xiii-xxiii. EBSCOhost, proxy.uscupstate.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=50631330&site=ehost-live.