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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.

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Resource Type(s)

Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed

Scholarship as Conversation

Searching as Strategic Exploration

Discipline(s)

Not Discipline Specific

Type of Institution

Community or Junior College

Scope

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/

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

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