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The Purdue website provides a good general overview and instructions on what a literature review is, why you would write one, and how to get started. I also provides tools for formatting citations.
This paper discusses multiple types of reviews, the purposes of each, and methods used to write them. It discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each and provides a typology that can be used as a reference.
This document provides guidance on best practices for performing a literature search and writing a literature review with a focus on transportation engineering.
This webpage has recorded videos that teach how to do effective literature searches, where to search, and how to use literature reviews effectively.
Guidance on what plagiarism is and how to avoid it in general.
Guidance on what plagiarism is and how to avoid it in literature reviews and in general.
AI tools for literature reviews are available and being developed. Not all of them can be trusted, and some are easier to use than others. This webpage provides an overview and introduction to some of these tools.
An overview of common tools for finding, summarizing, and managing literature. Additionally, tools for writing a literature review and managing citations are discussed.
Academic Writing: Start with a skeleton outline.Â
Academic Writing: Start with a skeleton outline.Â
Using a skeleton outline is essential in writing research and academic papers. While it is tempting to simply use common sections such as "Introduction", "Literature Review", "Data", "Methods", "Results", and "Conclusions", writing each section individually and then combining them into a final document, this is one of the worst practices for research and academic writing that you could learn and do. While it is easy to write those sections while performing related tasks, failure to start with a well-planned outline and know exactly what you are wanting to say, what support information is required, and then write a clear article that flows and is easily understandable will result in significant re-writes and lost time. Thus, I strongly recommend learning to use skeleton outlines as a start, use them to plan the "story" you want to tell (including having identified the important ideas and concepts), and only then start writing the paper. Please see below for some resources on skeleton outlines.
This is only one of several good resources on the website. It provides a good guide to starting to write and use skeleton outlines.
While this webpage does not get into the details of how to write a good skeleton outline, it provides several examples of good and bad examples and the assocaited reasons.
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