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What Lit Reviews Can Do for YOU!
Help you to narrow down your topic.
Help you to "build your case."
Show you how others (scholars and researchers) have handled methodological and research design issues in areas related to your topic.
Introduce you to measurement tools that have been used effectively in prior reseach.
Reveal limitations of prior research that may be addressed by your proposed study.
Provide information as to whether your topic would be valuable as an empirical study.
Lit Reviews and Research Books
Doing a Literature Search: A Comprehensive Guide for the Social Sciences
by
Hart, Chris
Call Number: [REF] Z711 .H37 2001
ISBN: 0761968091
Reading and understanding research
by
Lawrence F. Locke, Stephen J. Silverman, Waneen Wyrick Spirduso
Call Number: Q180.A1 L63 2010
ISBN: 1412975743
Conducting research literature reviews : from paper to the Internet
by
Arlene Fink
Call Number: [REF] Q180.55.M4 F56 1998
ISBN: 0761909044
Online Resources
How to: Literature reviews
The Writing Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Writing a Literature Review
"The Literature" and "The Review" (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Writing a Literature Review
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