Guides: Social Research Methods: Writing a Literature Review

Web Resources

USC Academic Skills Writing a literature review
This is a workshop from Academic Skills at USC on Writing a literature review
Endnote Library Guide
HDR Students Academic Skills at USC
This provides a link to a list of support and services provided at USC.
Research Training Calendar at USC
Resources for Researchers Guide
This guide has been compiled to support higher degree research students and academic staff undertaking research. It draws together a range of tools, from books to help you decide whether you really want to start a thesis to the resources which enable you to manage your research output.
Systematic Quantitative Literature Review
Griffith University
Systematic Review Library Guide
This guide provides resources on how to do a systematic literature review.
The Research Whisperer
The Research Whisperer is dedicated to the topic of doing research in academia. The blog talks about finding funding, research culture, and building academic track-records.
Doctoral writing SIG
DoctoralWritingSIG is a forum where people who are interested in doctoral writing can come together to share information, resources, ideas, dreams and create a research community
Advanced Information Research Skills (AIRS) from QUT
This provides online resources for HDRs from QUT
The Thesis Whisperer
ANU's Director of Research, Inger Mewburn publishes tips and strategies for new researchers.
American Dissertation Proposals
American Dissertation Proposals with examples across humanities, social science and science disciplines. They may be useful for ideas on structure, rhetorical moves and language for research proposals.

eBooks

Succeeding with Your Literature Review by Paul Oliver
Publication Date: 2012
Research Proposals by Martyn Denscombe
Publication Date: 2012
See Chapter 5 on Literature Reviews
The systematic literature review method by O'Brien, Aoife M.
Publication Date: 2016

Finding Theses Examples

Free search service providing resources such as books, conference proceedings, thesis, images, journals, digitised newspapers and web sites on content related to Australia. Includes Australasian Digital Theses and Australian Research Online (ARO). Provided by National Library of Australia.

USC Research Bank

Institutional research repository for the University of the Sunshine Coast. Open access to university’s scholarly research output including content of the USC Herbarium.

More theses resources are available at Resources for Researchers guide under Searching the Literature

Social Research Methods

Web Resources

eBooks

Finding Theses Examples

SAGE Research Methods Resources

Video - The Literature Review, Massey University