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Resources and tools for students preparing to write about their research. Get help finding and managing all of the sources you use in your paper.
Welcome: Use the Resources
Choosing a Topic
Building a Literature Review
Search Strategies & Tutorials
Picking Databases
Checking What You Find
Zotero: Using a Citation Manager
The Purpose of the Literature Review
More about Literature Reviews
Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students
From NCSU Libraries, this 9 minute video tutorial (with a transcript) explores the purpose, expectations, and structure of a literature review.
What Is a Literature Review
Describes how literature reviews help both the researcher and the reader. (a section in the book
Scientific Inquiry in Social Work
)
Lesson 5.1: Types of Evidence and Literature Reviews
(part of chapter 5 in the book
The DNP Project Workbook: A Step-by-Step Process for Success
)
Sources Included in a Literature Review
(part of Chapter 6 in the book
Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice
)
The sections Exploring and Refining Your Question through Accessing Journal Literature
(part of Chapter 6 in the book
How to Write Your Nursing Dissertation
)
Evaluating the Literature
(part of chapter 7 in the book
Introduction to Nursing Research: Incorporating Evidence-Based Practice
)
Critically Appraising and Assessing the Quality of the Literature
(part of chapter 5 in the book
Literature Reviews and Synthesis: A Guide for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals
)
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