Research Guides (LibGuides): Writing a Literature Review: Writing Your Review

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Books

Writing the Literature Review by Sara Efrat Efron; Ruth Ravid
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781462536917
Publication Date: 2018-09-24
This accessible text provides a roadmap for producing a high-quality literature review--an integral part of a successful thesis, dissertation, term paper, or grant proposal. Each step of searching for, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing prior studies is clearly explained and accompanied by user-friendly suggestions, organizational tips, vignettes, and examples of student work.
Conducting Your Literature Review by Susanne Hempel
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781433830921
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
This book is a step-by-step guide to writing a literature review, and includes tips for modifying the process as needed depending on your audience, purpose, and goals. The lessons in this book can be applied to writing the background section for a thesis or an original research publication.
Preparing Literature Reviews-3rd Ed by Pan
Call Number: Held via PALNI
ISBN: 9781884585760
Publication Date: 2008-08-15

Citing Sources

Correctly citing information is an essential skill for any academic researcher. Our Citations Guide provides links to several online style guides covering the basics of correctly citing your sources.

It's often best to consult the official style guides when in doubt. Butler Libraries have copies of such popular citation style guides as the American Psychological Association, the Modern Language Association, AMA Manual of Style, and the Chicago Manual of Style.

MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: Reference Collection LB2369 .G53 2016
ISBN: 9781603292627
Publication Date: 2016-04-01
The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook, the official guide to MLA format.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: Information Commons Reference Room BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. With millions of copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, it is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and other fields.
AMA MANUAL of STYLE, 11th EDITION
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9780190246556
Publication Date: 2020-03-02
The AMA Manual of Style is a must-have resource for anyone involved in medical, health, and scientific publishing. Written by an expert committee of JAMA Network editors, this latest edition addresses issues that face authors, editors, and publishers in the digital age.
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition by The University The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9780226287058
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
Technologies may change, but the need for clear and accurate communication never goes out of style. That is why for more than one hundred years The Chicago Manual of Style has remained the definitive guide for anyone who works with words.
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian; Wayne C. Booth (Revised by); Gregory G. Colomb (Revised by); University of Chicago Press Staff (Revised by); Joseph M. Williams (Revised by)
ISBN: 9780226816371
Publication Date: 2013-04-03
A little more than seventy-five years ago, Kate L. Turabian drafted a set of guidelines to help students understand how to write, cite, and formally submit research writing. Seven editions and more than nine million copies later, the name Turabian has become synonymous with best practices in research writing and style.

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