Demystifying the Literature Review
Demystifying the Literature Review Online
Learn how to conduct a literature review for your research papers, independent projects, and fellowship applications. In this 45-minute workshop, students will learn:
- why a literature review is important
- ways to get started conducting a literature review
- techniques to synthesize your sources
- how to use citation management software (like Zotero) to organize citations and take notes
What is a literature review?
A literature review is similar to an annotated bibliography, but more formal, analytical, and narrative. They are often required in for theses and published papers to provide an analysis of sources/authors to demonstrate how your research fits within a larger academic conversation. Depending on the discipline, a literature review might also be called a systematic review, argumentative review, meta-analysis, or a methodological review.
Audience: Undergraduate students. Graduate students new to writing a literature review are also welcome to attend.
Registration: Required for access to the Zoom room. You will also receive a reminder email 1-hour before the event.
Any student who participates in at least 3 library workshops this semester will be eligible for a prize. Learn more about the Workshop Incentive Program.
- Date:
- Monday, April 7, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 2:45pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Undergraduates
- Categories:
- Research Skills Senior essays Undergraduate Students
