Literature Review

Library Research for Literature Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences

March 21, 2025, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Date: Friday, March 21, 2025
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Presenter: J.J. Watson-MacKay; Xiyuan Wu
Location: 548 and 552 - Presentation Room
Location: Koerner Library

This workshop is for students conducting literature reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Topics covered in the workshop include:

  • Overview: What is a literature review?
  • Finding research materials: search strategies, databases, citation tracking
  • Information management: organizing your research and assessing your search process
  • Other services for students: where to go for more help

Can't make it to this workshop? Check here for additional dates or contact the subject librarian for your research area.

Please Note: literature reviews are different from systematic and scoping reviews. Review this guide for more information and support on systematic and scoping reviews.

Location:

Koerner Library Research Commons - Level 5

548 and 552 - Presentation Room

Campus/Source
UBC Library–Vancouver

https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3888279

  • Literature Review
  • Research Commons

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We acknowledge that UBC's two main campuses are located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xwmə0– kwəyˇəm (Musqueam) and Syilx (Okanagan) peoples, and that UBC’s activities take place on Indigenous lands throughout British Columbia and beyond.

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UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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