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Conducting a
Literature Review
Finding Resources Information to help your find sources to support your thinking and analysis. Material to help you organize your resources, write an annotated bibliography or compose a literature review.
How to Search Library Databases
- Searching Techniques: EBSCOhost - https://www.youtube.com/embed/fdRiD71Y6cg
- Searching Techniques: ProQuest - https://www.youtube.com/embed/PJehp1cNdnY
- SAGE Research Methods - http://campuslibrary.rockies.edu/ezproxy.aspx?url=http://www.srmo.sagepub.com/page/tips-and-tutorials/tutorials#SRMO_Demo
- Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print - http://buros.org/frequently-asked-questions
- Ebrary (ebooks) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueDvI4dQXhs&index=3&list=PL-aFAdxOSTDe55g_BFQf_3ipSV1Ru4TBw
- Library Tutorials - http://campuslibrary.rockies.edu/tutorials.aspx • Data sets [Video file.] Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/embed/vqOk-pvmrYU
- Evaluating Information on the Web. Retrieved from http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/webinfo/index.html
- Evaluating Web Resources PowerPoint. Retrieved from http://wpc.6fdc.edgecastcdn.net/006FDC/UOR_Curriculum/V3/courseFiles/DCT/EvaluatingWebResources2016.pptx
- Gray Literature. Retrieved from http://csulb.libguides.com/graylit
- Scholarly and Popular Resources [Video file]. Retrieved from https://rockies.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Scholarly+and+popular+resources/0_doewuis7
Citation Manager
- This is an online bibliographic management program that allows users to create a personal database of references and generate bibliographies in a variety of formats, including APA. When using RefWorks, use the Rockies GROUP CODE: RWRockies
RefWorks
Annotated Bibliography
- Annotated Bibliographies (Perdue Online Writing Lab) https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/1/
- Annotated Bibliographies (UNC Writing Center) http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/annotated-bibliographies/
- How to prepare an annotated bibliography: The annotated bibliography. http://guides.library.cornell.edu/c.php?g=32342&p=203789
- Writing an Annotated Bibliography [Video file]. https://bridgepoint.equella.ecollege.com/curriculum/file/c69bdd01-7f71-4d07-bb37-2b46358b4a40/1/UoR%20Annotated%20Bibliography%20Tutorial.zip/story.html
Writing a Literature Review
- Literature Review Workbook http://bit.ly/2mtVutX
- Writing an Article Critique https://bridgepoint.equella.ecollege.com/curriculum/file/19ee2296-b4de-4cf2-ba0c-c576ff4b73ec/1/Writing%20an%20Article%20Critique.pdf
- Writing an Outline http://wpc.6FDC.edgecastcdn.net/006FDC/UOR_Curriculum/Rockies_Research_Center/siteContent/PDF/Writing_an_Outline.pdf
- A Guide to Writing a Dissertation Literature Review Retrieved from http://pareonline.net/pdf/v14n13.pdf
- Guidelines for Writing a Literature Review. Retrieved from http://www.duluth.umn.edu/~hrallis/guides/researching/litreview.html
- Learn how to Write a Review of the Literature. Retrieved from http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.html
- Literature Reviews. Retrieved from http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/
- The Review of Literature - http://dissertationrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Literature-Review.pdf
- The Literature Review - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKL2pdRmwc4&feature=related
- A Guide to Writing the Dissertation Literature Review - http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/
- Writing the Literature Review Part One – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IUZWZX4OGI
- Write the Literature Review Part Two - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoYpyY9n9YQ&feature=related