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What is a literature review?
What ISN'T a literature review?
Why do we do literature reviews?
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Knopf, J. (2006). Doing a literature review. PS: Political Science Politics, 39(1), 127-132.
McMenamin, I. (2006). Process and text: Teaching students to review the literature. PS: Political Science Politics, 39(1), 133-135.
A literature review requires several skills:
Go to a subject or multidisciplinary database and add "literature review" to your search terms (include the quote marks to search for the phrase), or try the following:
Databases that focus on the effects of health care and evidence based medical practice.
NHS Economic Evaluation Database, Health Technology Assessments, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Cochrane Methodology Register