A literature review is a systemic review of previous research related to or informing your problem. The goal of a lit review is to provide a picture of the scholarly research landscape on your topic and to put your work in conversation with this existing research. Questions you might ask yourself as you begin your literature review are:
As you continue in the process, you might begin to think about:
The Library catalog is a great place to start your research. Our search function allows you to comb through our physical and digital offerings, including our robust collection of academic journals.
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Once you find a few good papers, you might want to do some citation searching to get a sense of the how that article is related to the ones it cites and the ones that cite it.
Below, you'll find our guide on citation searching and a few helpful tools to get you started.