Research Guides: Database Searching and Strategies (HC): Literature Reviews

Literature Reviews

Annual Reviews
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"Since 1932, Annual Reviews has offered comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 41 focused disciplines within the Biomedical, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences."

Literature reviews are a particularly useful resource when doing research. They address the issues involved in a particular question and the debates among scholars. They map out the intellectual terrain succinctly and give you the major landmarks in terms of key authors and significant titles for greater understanding.

Dissertations & Theses
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is a collection in the Humanities and Social Sciences of 2.7 million searchable citations to dissertations and theses from around the world, and 1.2 million full-text dissertations that are available for download. The sources cited in bibliographies tend to be extensive and well researched.
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Provides links for dissertation collections around the world including the United Kingdom, Canada, and South Africa.
Oxford Bibliographies Online
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Provides bibilographies of and encyclopedic articles about different topics in the humanities and social sciences. Includes introductions to each topic area, guides to introductory works, textbooks, guidebooks, journals, reference works etc., and links to useful websites. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.