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. This 1-hour workshop will cover:
- why a literature review is important
- how to conduct a literature review
- ways to evaluate your sources
- how to use citation management software (like Zotero) to organize sources, take notes, and attribute authors
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 overview of sources/authors you have researched 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: This workshop is intended for undergraduate students. Graduate students new to writing a literature review are also welcome to attend.
Registration: Registration required for a link to the Zoom room. You will receive a reminder email 1-hour before the event.
NEW: Any student who participates in at least 3 library workshops during the fall 2021 semester will be eligible for a prize. Learn more about this program.
Find another workshop in the track “Introduction to Research at Yale.” For individual support, reach out to your Personal Librarian or Subject Specialist Librarian.
- Date:
- Tuesday, November 9, 2021
- Time:
- 12:30pm - 1:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Undergraduates
- Categories:
- Citation Management Research Lifecycle Series Research Skills
