Social Sciences Librarian
Elizabeth Young-Miller
she/her/hers
The Research Process
Literature Review
- Guide on Literature ReviewsThis guide was created by Britt McGowen, Associate Librarian, at the University of West Florida.
- Literature Review SpreadsheetCustomize this spreadsheet as you work on gathering information for your literature review.
Writing Guide
The Sociology Student Writer's Manual by Call Number: Linderman 808.0663 S678Discusses the research and writing process, evaluating the sociological literature and has chapters on Quantitative and Qualitative research papers. Includes section on citing sources.
Search Techniques
1. Once you know your research interest, formulate it into a question and use the most important parts to generate keywords. Here, "Star Wars" and "myth" are the key parts of the topic, so those will be the keywords.
2. You can then use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to better refine your search.
