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Literature Review: The What, Why and How-to Guide: Overview

Getting Started

Poster: Keep Calm and Write Literature ReviewsWelcome! The purpose of this guide is to help you understand what are "literature reviews" and the process of writing them in the social sciences and humanities. This guide will give you tips and/or point you to other sites with  in-depth explanations on how to write literature reviews.

Need Help?

When in doubt, always contact a librarian!! If you still need help with your lit review, schedule a subject-specific consultation by contacting your Subject Librarian to identify keywords and concepts to expand your research or check out our subject-specific guides with tips and recommendations in your research area.

This guide was adapted by Marisol Ramos from the Literature Review: The What, Why and How-to-Guide from University of Connecticut Libraries License CC BY-NC Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License.


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