Education - Research Methods

This guide from Boston College is easy to navigate. You can jump straight to "Organizing the Review," for example.

A concise and fabulous guide to writing a literature review; gives clear examples of how to use a synthesis matrix (a literature review grid like we used in class) to pull your sources together. From Florida International University.

Zotero is a free "research assistant" that allows you to "collect, organize, cite, and share" your sources right from a bookmark in your web browser. It will sync data in the cloud and across multiple devices, allowing you to work on your research no matter where you are. It integrates with MS Word and Google Docs to help you create and manage in-text citations and bibliography entries.

Bubbl.us is a concept-mapping tool; you may prefer this visual way of organizing and connecting themes in the literature (you can concept-map on paper or in other mind-mapping tools, as well).

This brief page offers suggestions for how to get started with concept mapping for your literature review.