Transy Library: Art: Citing Sources

Citation Information

Understanding a literature review...

What? Overview /survey of a small body of scholarly research (i.e. books, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, etc.) in a particular discipline.
Why? Often a required component of grant and research proposals. They are also a common preface to theses, dissertations, and scholarly articles.
Scope? Determined in large part by your research needs and/or restrictions. (Summary or critical evaluation)

Literature Reviews: an overview for graduate students, NC State Libraries (VIDEO)
This guide provides an overview of how to research and how to pull the information together into a final polished product. It's a nine-minute video, but well worth the time if this is your first literature review.
Write a Literature Review, UC Santa Cruz University Library
This guide breaks down the process and components of a literature review. It includes examples of literature reviews and links to other resources.
The Literature Review, UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center
"This handout will explain what literature reviews are and offer insights into the form and construction of literature reviews in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences."--website
Writing a literature review--St. Mary's University, Patrick Library
Get a quick overview to the content and structure of a literature review.

Purdue--Online Writing Lab: Chicago Style Paper example
Sample Literature Review
Deshmukh, Marion F. "The Visual Arts and Cultural Migration in the 1930s and 1940s: A Literature Review." Central European History 41, no. 4 (2008): 569-604. http://outside.transy.edu:2117/stable/20457397.