PLAN 625: eResearch Guide: Literature reviews

To write a literature review is to create a bibliography of relevent references on your topic from a myriad of resources. It will help you clarify your research question. Identifing  key concepts (keywords) within your research question will help focus and fix on the material significant to your work.

The literature review supports:

• an understanding of the context
• a knowledge of the background 
• the development of insights

A critical anlysis of research that supports and/or refutes your topic will help refine your perspective.

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Barron, L. (2006). Literature Review. In SAGE Research Methods Online.

Example 1
Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure: A literature review

Example 2
The spatial patterning of wealth and poverty in the Montreal region, 1971-2006 : a literature review

Example 3
The health impacts of windstorms: a systematic literature review