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Literature Reviews - Social Sciences & STEM

This library guide will support you as you work on conducting and writing a literature review as part of the research process.

Building a Literature Review

What to know: Literature reviews are opportunities for you to build a conversation between sources that will inform your work. They require you to think critically about the research that has already been conducted and center that around what you hope to accomplish with your research.

What you’ll learn: The different parts and steps that need occur for you to begin constructing your literature review.

Why you should care: Conducting a literature review will prevent you from conducting research that has already been published.​

Try it! Begin constructing your Literature review