Broaden your understanding of chapter topics and link to real conversations about social research.

a. General advice and guidance

Writing a Literature Review

Moving from an Annotative Bibliography to a Literature Review by William Ashton

The Literature Review: A Few Tips

Harvard Guide to Using Sources

Seven Steps to Effective Library Research

David Taylor Video on Writing a Literature Review

b. Sources of literature

Library of Congress Gateway to Library Catalogs

The British Library Public Catalogue

Proquest Dissertations and Theses

The European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation

ABYZ News Links – Gateway to News Media

c. Organising and managing references

Systems for Referencing Citations

Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources

Endnote Bibliographic Software

CiteULike Bibliographic Software

d. Systematic reviewing

Social Research Update 54. Systematic Reviewing, by Liz Victor

Campbell Collaboration

Produces evidence from systematic reviews on a range of different issues, aiming to influence policies

EPPI Centre

Produces evidence from systematic reviews on a range of different issues, aiming to influence policies

The Cochrane Collaboration

Produces evidence from systematic reviews on health topics, aiming to influence professional practice and health policies