Additional resources

Producing a literature review (tutorial) -  I highly recommend working through this tutorial. It covers (or links to) everything you need for producing your literature review - planning, searching, citations, assessing your search results, organising your references, evaluating the literature, data extraction and writing your review 

Developing a search strategy (tutorial) - Before you search a database create a search strategy. A search strategy combines keywords and alternative terms in a comprehensive search which you can then use in information discovery tools, specifically academic databases.

Database guides (Video guides) for a range of academic databases. Search a wide selection of scholarly sources such as journal articles, conference papers, book chapters and more. I recommend Web of Science and IEEE Xplore, as well as British Standards Online.

How to reference (webpage) All our guides, videos and tutorials on referencing are collected on this page. 

How to write a Literature review (webpage) This resource from 301 explains how to extract the relevant information from the sources you have found and organise your review thematically 

You can also make an appointment with your Librarian to discuss your research further. To make an appointment go to any engineering subject guide.