Related Resources
- Writing a Literature Review, Purdue OWL
- The Research Process, Tisch Library's Guide to First-Year Writing
- Literature Review Guidelines, American Psychological Association (APA)
What is a Literature Review?
A narrative paper collecting and discussing the important scholarship on a given topic.
A literature review should:
- Introduce your topic
- Identify key concepts and researchers on your topic
- Synthesize the major ideas and arguments in the scholarly conversation
- Identify critical gaps, disagreements, and overlooked perspectives in methodology and research
- Suggest future directions for further study, i.e. your own potential research
Steps to Writing a Literature Review
Adapted from Georgia State University. Literature reviews: Introduction. https://research.library.gsu.edu/c.php?g=115595&p=753257