Research Guides
GEOG 315: Explanation & Understanding in Geography - Autumn 2024: Literature Review
Strategies for Reading & Evaluating Scholarly Literature
These resources from the Bothell Campus Library can help you make informed decisions about which articles to include in your literature review and why.
- Strategies for reading academic articlesFrom UW Bothell /Cascadia CC Campus Library
- Characteristics of Scholarly SourcesFrom UW Bothell/Cascadia CC Campus Library
Specialized Literature Review Resources
- Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window
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Full text encyclopedias in all subject areas - Google Scholar This link opens in a new windowScholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
See help for accessing articles from off-campus through Google Scholar. - ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Index to doctoral dissertations and selected masters theses from 1861 to the present; includes 2 million+ full text dissertations published since 1997.
- Progress in Human Geography1997-present. Geography journal covering all of human geography's major research and teaching fields.
- Psychology Writing Center GuidesResources from the UW Psychology Writing Center on writing academic papers.
- Purdue OWL-- Writing a Lit ReviewSpecialized tips on writing a lit review in the Social Sciences. Also great for referencing citations!