Doing your literature review: a few links

During one of my training sessions about doing a literature review, I mentioned that there is a lot of information online for those who want to know more about that process.

Back at my desk, I double checked and came up with a list of some interesting resources.
If you too are working on a literature review, you might want to check some of those out:

Specialised blogs:

I very much like those because they have lots of different posts on different aspects of the subject and are usually very pleasant to read.
Pick one and check it out!

• The Literature review HQ is a blog entirely dedicated to the literature review!  http://www.literaturereviewhq.com 

It takes the point of view of someone writing their literature review for their PhD thesis, but it's still absolutely relevant wherever you are in your studiees.
You might especially want to start there: http://www.literaturereviewhq.com/getting-started/

• You can also check out the "Literature review” section on "Jenn's Studious life”: http://mystudiouslife.wordpress.com/category/literature-review-2/

• And finally, also with a PhD point of view, scroll down this page to have a look at the section called "On Academic Literature and Literature Review” > http://jameshaytonphd.com/everything/

University Guides:

Those guides have been created by different universities around the UK.

• A handful of good links (including an example of a literature review in psychology): http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/upgrade/study-skills/literature-review.html

• Several interesting PDFs by the University of Nottingham: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/supportforyourstudies/academicsupport/studyresources/dissertationsandprojects/managingreadingandwritingaliteraturereview.aspx

• A long scroll down page about doing a literature review (by the University of Leicester): http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/ld/resources/writing/writing-resources/literature-review

Videos:

Because YouTube is always full of interesting content, even on academical topics!

• This is the first video of a step-by-step series about the literature review (5 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IUZWZX4OGI

• This one is pretty, short and a good recap (4 min 20): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiQJJXTD0VI

• For those who have the time, here is a 45 minutes lively presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1hG99HUaOk

• Or you can go for this video of an hour-long webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpErYDb6PsY

• And finally, just because it's fun: Grant Man's episode on the literature review (5 min):