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GEOG 3481Applied GIS
Literature Review ReviewTraci Welch Moritz
Public Services Librarian/Assistant Professor
Heterick Memorial Library
What we’ll do today
•What is a literature review?–Tips and hints
•What databases to access–Tips and hints
Literature Review
• What is it?–Survey of sources, scholarly articles,
government docs, books, dissertations, conference
proceedings…–Overview of significant literature on a
topic often limited to a specific time period
Literature Review
• What is it not?–An academic research paper, which is
most often constructed as an argument and the information you are seeking is to support said argument–Literature review is summery of arguments already made by others
Literature Review
• Both must have–Focus (narrow your topic)
–Thesis statement (not an argument for a position but will have a particular
perspective announcing the topic you will be reviewing)
Literature Review
•http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature_review.html•http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/~tcwritingcenter/Forms_of_Writing/LitReview.htm
Bibliographic Citation Software– REFWORKS
See GIS Research Guide for additional information on how to sign-up and utilize this resource.
Research Guide for GIS
Findings resources
• Catalogs–HML, Law–OhioLINK–WorldCat
• Databases–General–Discipline specific
• Vetted Internet Resources
Databases
Databases -- General
Academic Search Complete
Databases -- Web of Science, ISI
Database -- Specific 2 Geography
Databases
• GeoRef• Criminal Justice Abstracts - Full text
• Engineering Village• Science Citation Index• PsycInfo 1967-Present
• Education Research Complete |
• Specific to a discipline
Additional search strategies
Check out the Research Guide
Other options
• www.scholar.google.com• http://findarticles.com/• http://www.doaj.org/
Need more help?• Personal Reference Appt
– [email protected]–2473
–[email protected]–2188
• Reference Desk–2185
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