NCSU Libraries has a great overview of the literature review process in the video below.
Research strategy
Welcome! Get started on your research for your project.
Some helpful hints...
Questions? Don't hesitate to email or schedule an in-office research consultation.
Begin by familiarizing yourself with current and available information and generating keywords and phrases about your topic. Then, search for those keywords and phrases using:
The library catalog (for interdisciplinary information resources at W&M) or Worldcat (for national and some international resources available through ILL)
Google Scholar for interdisciplinary scholarly resources
Databases and other specialized resources in this guide
Set up your research strategy and information management
Research background information about your topic
Do a preliminary literature search in major databases
Discover web resources,"grey literature" (non-peer-reviewed scholarly and substantive info), government info, statistics, etc.
Gather or generate analysis of your own information
Be sure to evaluate what you are finding!
Search the W&M Libraries Catalog
Search WorldCat: Libraries around the world
Use WorldCat when you can't find what you want through Swem! It searches article databases and library catalogs from libraries all over the world. Request items through Interlibrary Loan with one click using the "FindIt@WM" button.
