Social Welfare

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) general guidelines to consider when developing a literature review in the field of social work

From THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER, the social work careers magazine, this article will briefly outline key points for you to keep in mind when writing literature reviews for social work.

This short guidebook provides information about selecting a research topic and research questions, searching for literature, reading and understanding scholarly writing, and writing a literature review to synthesize what is known and what remains to be learned about a social problem.

SBU Libraries Ebook. See the section on literature reviews in Chapter 2 'Writing Strategies for Academic Papers'

SBU Libraries Ebook. See Chapter 4 Literature Review