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Quick Guides to Writing Literature Reviews

"Literature Reviews" from the UNC Writing Center
A helpful guide to writing literature reviews by the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
Video - "Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students" - NCSU Libraries
This 10-minute video produced by the North Carolina State University Libraries provides a visual explanation of how to construct a literature review.
Pautasso, M. (2013). Ten Simple Rules for Writing a Literature Review. PLoS Computational Biology, 9(7), e1003149. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003149
This article, originally published in PLOS Computational Biology, is freely available through PubMed Central and gives tips on literature reviews for writers in the sciences.

Books on Writing Literature Reviews

Succeeding with Your Literature Review

The Literature Review

Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review

Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy

Telling a Research Story

Doing a Literature Review

Writing Literature Reviews

The Literature Review

Understanding Research

Chapter: "What is Already Known? The Literature Review"
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Research Methodology in Applied Economics

Chapter: "The Literature Review," pp. 113-126
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Designing and Managing a Research Project

Chapter: "Literature Review," pp. 105-126
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100 Questions (and Answers) about Research Methods

Chapter: "Reviewing and Writing about your Research Question," pp. 23-34
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Doing Qualitative Research

Chapter: "The Literature Review Chapter," pp. 365-374
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