Course Guide ~ SOC 223 / Law and Society

Tips:

1. Limiting searches to the "Abstract" instead of "All fields" provides more focused results.

Definition:

"A formal, reflective survey of the most significant and relevant works of published and peer-reviewed academic research on a particular topic, summarizing and discussing their findings and methodologies in order to reflect the current state of knowledge in the field and the key questions raised. Literature reviews do not themselves present any previously unpublished research. They may be published as review articles in academic journals or as an element in a thesis or dissertation: in the case of the latter, they serve to situate the current study within the field." From Daniel Chandler and Rod Munday, Dictionary of Media and Communication (London: Oxford University Press, 2011)

Examples:

• Eero Lahelma, "Health and Social Class," Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. George Ritzer (Blackwell Reference Online, 2008) http://www.blackwellreference.com/subscriber/tocnode.html?id=g9781405124331_chunk_g978140512433114_ss1-18.
   
• Fred C. Pampel et al, "Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Behaviors," Annual Review of Sociology 36 (2010): 349-370, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.012809.102529.