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The Literature Review

Webinar Recording and Slides

Recommended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students for work on an assignment or a grant.

This is the page for the 20 minute webinar that covers the following:

  • Defines "the literature" within broader disciplines.
  • Describes the purpose of literature reviews.
  • Illustrates the steps of a literature review.

If you are working on a thesis or dissertation, need to know the differences in reviews, or are using the literature review for evidence-based practice (EBP), please see the 50 minute webinar and slides.

FAU Libraries (2021).  The literature review: A roadmap (20 minutes) [YouTube recording].  https://youtu.be/g8DRLkOCVDQ

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