HDFS 901 Proseminar Contemporary Scholarship in Human Development and Family Studies: Literature Reviews

• MSU Writing Center
• Writing Handbooks
• Writing Literature Reviews

The MSU Writing Center can assist with your writing, editing, grammar, citing references, and more.  Appointments may be scheduled online.

Writing a Literature Review

The literature review can be either a specific type of standalone research paper, or a section of a research paper.

• Literature Reviews Video Tutorial
  This video is provides an overview of the literature review process aimed at graduate students. Produced by North Carolina State University Libraries.

Recommended reading:

• Boote, D. N., & Beile, P. (2005). Scholars before researchers: On the centrality of the dissertation literature review in research preparation. Educational Researcher, 34(6), 3–15. 
• Dunne, C. (2011). The place of the literature review in grounded theory research. International Journal Of Social Research Methodology, 14(2), 111-124. 
• Reviewing the Literature. (2005). In Jerry J. Wellington, A. Bathmaker, C. Hunt, G. McCulloch, & P. Sikes (Eds.), Succeeding with Your Doctorate. (pp. 73-92). SAGE Publications Ltd.