Writing in the Health Sciences For Faculty and Students: Literature Reviews & Annotated Bibliographies

Available online and as .pdf download.
This handout explains what literature reviews are and offer insights into the form and construction of literature reviews in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

This handout will explain why annotated bibliographies are useful for researchers, provide an explanation of what constitutes an annotation, describe various types of annotations and styles for writing them, and offer multiple examples of annotated bibliographies in the MLA, APA, and CBE/CSE styles of citation.

By Helen Mongan-Rallis at University of Minnesota Duluth. A step-by-step guide. References steps from: Galvan, J. (2006). Writing literature reviews: a guide for students of the behavioral sciences (3rd ed.). Glendale, CA: Pyrczak Publishing. Galvan 7th edition is now available as individual e-book rental from VitalSource.

This popular e-book by Helen Aveyard (McGraw-Hill Education) is a good resource for more information on this topic.

This online book by Helen Aveyard (Open University Press), is a good resource for more information on this topic. From ProQuest ebrary.

E-book by Judith Garrard (Jones & Bartlett Learning, Sudbury, MA) helps students and practitioners better understand scientific literature by instilling the essential skills needed to evaluate article findings critically. Covers at a basic level the fundamental principles of searching, organizing, reviewing, and synthesizing. Includes visual examples and a case study. Easy-to-read and practical reference.

Defines the literature review purpose and process, explains using the PICO format to ask a clear research question, and demonstrates how to evaluate and modify search results to improve the accuracy of the retrieval.