Researching for your literature review: Home

You may use this library guide as a self-contained learning module with the following objectives:

1. Understand the purposes and aims of literature reviews
2. Understand the elements of the literature review process with regard to selecting appropriate resources and searching
3. Apply advanced searching strategies as part of conducting your own literature review
4. Document and manage the results of your searches

To provide a comprehensive overview of strategies for literature searching, the search strategy sections of the guide are divided into searches in a Health/Medical topic, and searches for an Education/Social science topic.