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Researching for a literature review

This guide provides information and resources about researching for your literature review in a thesis or dissertation.

Citation Searching

If you already have a journal citation from an existing bibliography or some other source, use this tool to find the article:

arXiv.org

E-prints of articles in science and mathematics

arXiv.org

Google Scholar

Although not a database, Google Scholar is a specialized search engine retrieves conference proceedings, as well as articles, and interfaces well with OhioLINK collections.

Google Scholar Search