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Find and Use Review Articles

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UCLA WIRE

Looking for an efficient way to get an overview of a body of research on your topic? A review article is a great place to start.

A review article provides an analysis of the state of research on a set of related research questions. Review articles often:

  • summarize key research findings;
  • reference must-read articles;
  • describe current areas of agreement as well as controversies and debates;
  • point out gaps in knowledge and unanswered questions;
  • suggest directions for future research.

Resource Statistics

Resource Type(s)
Activity
Blog Post
Learning Object
Tutorial
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed
Scholarship as Conversation
Searching as Strategic Exploration
Discipline(s)
Not Discipline Specific
Type of Institution
Community or Junior College
College
University
Scope
Classroom-level
Course-level
License Assigned
CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License CC-BY-NC-SA
Links
Find and Use Review Articles (Online Tutorial)
https://uclalibrary.github.io/research-tips/review-articles/

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Other Attribution Information
Authors: Caitlin Meyer, Shannon Roux
Contributors: UCLA Undergraduate Research Center - Sciences, UCLA Undergraduate Research Center - Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center, Doug Worsham