Resources Pages for the Academic Skills

Videos: 

Recording of the Online workshop "Literature Reviews"

How to Write a Literature Review

Watch our video about writing literature reviews (opens in new window).

• Download the PowerPoint slides for How to Write a Literature Review

• Transcript for How to Write a Literature Review video.  [pdf]

Playlist

Click to view the videos, or click the icon in the upper right to select from the list of videos.

Presentation:

Download Literature Reviews Workshop Presentation [ppt]. Or, view a recent workshop presentation here:

Activities:

1. Parts of a Literature review:

2. Examples of Phrases to use:

Examples of Phrases to Use: Text-based version of the above activity.

Download Files:

How-to Guide: Literature Reviews for Level 5+. [pdf]. This has lots of useful information about literature reviews.
 

Useful links:

• Manchester Academic Phrasebank: A great resource for academic writing. This link is to the section "Referring to Sources" which is specifically about writing literature reviews.

• University of Edinburgh: Good introduction and lots of guides to download

• CASP checklists: Good collection of checklists for critiquing different types of literature

• Royal Literary Fund: Overview of literature reviews

• University of North Carolina: Lots of specific tips and advice

• Skills for Success: Mini-module on How to Write a Literature Review 

• Skills for Success Mini-module: Quick Guide to Reading Critically 

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