Learn how to write a literature review in 3 straightforward steps with this step by step tutorial, including a FREE literature review Excel template. Instead of getting lost in the details, we take a big-picture view and break the literature review process down into 3 straightforward steps. We kick off by looking at the WHY – the core purpose and function of the literature review, and then cover the following:
1: How to find highly relevant, high-quality journal articles for your literature review
2: How to organise and synthesise your literature sources into a highly searchable literature catalogue
3: How to approach the writing up stage of your literature review chapter
You can also find more free literature review-related content at the Grad Coach blog - https://gradcoach.com/blog/
Resources mentioned in this video:
Literature Review Catalogue Excel Template - https://gradcoach.com/literature-revi...
Literature review tutorials/ebooks/videos – What is a literature review - https://gradcoach.com/what-is-a-liter...
How to use Mendeley -
How to use Zotero –
https://gradcoach.com/how-to-write-a-...
Literature review software and tools:
- Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/
- Literature review catalogue Excel file - https://gradcoach.com/literature-revi... - Mendeley - https://www.mendeley.com/ - Zotero - https://www.zotero.org/
Dissertation Databases:
- EBSCO Open Dissertations - https://www.ebsco.com/products/resear...
- Open Access Dissertations and Theses - https://oatd.org/ - Proquest - https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/search....
- Stanford SearchWorks - https://searchworks.stanford.edu/cata...
- OpenThesis - http://www.openthesis.org/
For more videos regarding how to write a literature review, check out the Grad Coach TV Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/gradcoach.