Nursing Research: Getting Started: Conducting a Literature Review

• Search the nursing/healthcare literature to find studies relevant to your topic or PICOT question.
• Don’t just summarize and list studies on your subject, instead:
  • Appraise your findings
  • Summarize research studies
  • Compare and contrast studies
  • Synthesize the key concepts of your readings

Welcome to the Houston Cole Library Guide pages! The Conducting a Literature Review Guide gives you links to key resources to help you get started finding and organizing your resources. Information is also available at Houston Cole Library's How to Conduct a Literature Review page.

Selected databases to search for literature are listed below. RefWorks is a reference manager designed to keep track of the references cited in your papers, and to create bibliographies.