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Students often panic when assigned a Literature Review for a Psychology class. Deciding on a topic, figuring out where to find appropriate articles, figuring out what types of articles are appropriate, and taking a point of view require learning new skills and techniques.

Learn them easily by breaking them down into simple steps and performing them bit by bit.

barbie drinking coffee (Barbie and I both find that a delicious coffee, tea, or chocolate accompanies these activities very nicely.)

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Step by Step Process

Select a Topic - (Duke University)

Refining a Topic - (Duke University)

Find Background Information

Find Books on Your Topic

Find Journal Articles (especially with PsycINFO)

Types of Periodicals

Search the Internet and the World Wide Web (Binghamton University Libraries)

Web Searching Strategies (Binghamton University Libraries)

Evaluating Sources (North Carolina State University Library)

Evaluate Your Web Sources

Write Your Paper - (and Cite Your Sources Binghamton University Libraries)

The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It
by University of Toronto
Succinct suggestions for thinking about and reading for a literature review.
Very important, at the end, the article states, "A literature review is a piece of discursive prose, not a list describing or summarizing one piece of literature after another." You must make a point!

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