GEOG 3481Applied GIS

Literature Review ReviewTraci Welch Moritz

Public Services Librarian/Assistant Professor

Heterick Memorial Library

What we’ll do today

•What is a literature review?–Tips and hints

•What databases to access–Tips and hints

Literature Review

• What is it?–Survey of sources, scholarly articles,

government docs, books, dissertations, conference

proceedings…–Overview of significant literature on a

topic often limited to a specific time period

Literature Review

• What is it not?–An academic research paper, which is

most often constructed as an argument and the information you are seeking is to support said argument–Literature review is summery of arguments already made by others

Literature Review

• Both must have–Focus (narrow your topic)

–Thesis statement (not an argument for a position but will have a particular

perspective announcing the topic you will be reviewing)

Literature Review

•http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature_review.html•http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/~tcwritingcenter/Forms_of_Writing/LitReview.htm

Bibliographic Citation Software– REFWORKS

See GIS Research Guide for additional information on how to sign-up and utilize this resource.

Research Guide for GIS

Findings resources

• Catalogs–HML, Law–OhioLINK–WorldCat

• Databases–General–Discipline specific

• Vetted Internet Resources

Databases

Databases -- General

Academic Search Complete

Databases -- Web of Science, ISI

Database -- Specific 2 Geography

Databases

• GeoRef• Criminal Justice Abstracts - Full text

• Engineering Village• Science Citation Index• PsycInfo 1967-Present

• Education Research Complete |

• Specific to a discipline

Additional search strategies

Check out the Research Guide

Other options

• www.scholar.google.com• http://findarticles.com/• http://www.doaj.org/

Need more help?• Personal Reference Appt

– t-moritz@onu.edu–2473

–k-baril@onu.edu–2188

• Reference Desk–2185

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