Library Research Resources

Literature Reviews

Getting started

Defining your topic, determining the sorts of resources needed, planning your literature search

Resources - what and where

Types of resources available, and means for locating them

Tips to make your searches yield better results

Different and more productive ways of searching databases and the web

Evaluating what you find

Assessing resources for quality

Obtaining full text of what you find

Resources to check to see whether full text is available for free; options for obtaining full text of content through other sources.

Organizing what you find

Introduction to some web-based resources to help you organize resources and "keep found things found"

Additional Resources

Funding your research

Reference materials and web sites where you can get information about funding.

Getting help

Tutorials and how to locate a librarian.

Putting it All Together

Help with writing, grammar, citation styles

Web Tools