Research: Literature Review

A guided pathway from Learning Services to help you learn the basics of writing a literature review and start work on your assignment. Includes a step by step guide, downloadable resources and where to go for more help.

A brief printable PDF from our own Learning Services on how to construct a winning literature review.

A comprehensive guide to starting your literature review by RMIT University Library.

An OER Commons resource free to download.

Outlines the purpose and methodology of undertaking a literature review and how to structure and write one up.

A short guide to the differences between these.

Use this template to construct your keyword and subject heading searches in databases, Google Scholar and Library Search

Guidelines by Otago Polytechnic.

A Subject Guide about academic integrity and using AI at Ara.

See the box called "Referencing AI" on the Using AI Tools For Assignments page, for examples of referencing some AI tools.

Find out about the risks of using AI tools for assignments, appropriate and inappropriate examples of AI use, using AI tools to check / improve writing quality and using Grammarly.

Introduces popular AI Research tools especially useful when doing a literature review.