LibGuides: Social Science Research Skills: Additional Guides, Tips, & How-Tos

Additional Resources from Other Libraries

Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper (USC Libraries) Highly recommended. This is a research guide from the University of Southern California's Libraries. It is an invaluable guide for working through the many challenges you will face in constructing your research.
Theoretical Framework (USC Libraries) This portion of the guide is explicitly dedicated to strategies for developing a theoretical framework for your research paper.
The Writing Center: Literature Reviews (UNC-Chapel Hill) A wordy but very useful guide, walking you through various aspects of the lit review. One of the most highly cited lit review guides out on the web.
Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students (NCSU Libraries) A longer video tutorial, but it may help you wrap your head around the entire concept of lit reviews and get you started in the right direction.
The Literature Review (Univ. of Arizona) This is a somewhat basic guide, but I include it here because it has such a great explanation of the purpose of a literature review, as well as the distinctions between lit reviews and annotated bibliographies.
The Literature Review: A Few Tips on Conducting It (Univ. of Toronto) This is just that: tips. It might help you get going when you are feeling stuck or uncertain about the literature you are collecting.

How To Read A Paper (S. Keshav) This is just one professor's perspective on how to read an article (and he is a computer scientist). I am including it here because I think it is important to stop and actually create a strategy for how you will read the materials you collect. Be thoughtful about your selections but also smart about how you read.