Writing a Literature Review
A guide from the University of Toronto Health Sciences Writing Centre. Not specific to Sociology, but good advice.

Writing a Psychology Literature Review
University of Washington Guide.

Writing Up Research.
Guide with bad example, followed by method to organize, outline review. Good example at end.

Writing the Literature Review
Tips for organizing. Paragraph transitions.

Examples

Article that includes a Literature Review
see second page of article (p. 179)
Sex and Sexuality in Men's Personal Advertisements. By: Phua, Voon Chin, Men & Masculinities, October 1, 2002, Vol. 5, Issue 2

Another Literature Review as a section of the article
Nonstandard Work Schedules and Marital Instability. By: PRESSER, HARRIET B., Journal of Marriage & Family, Feb2000, Vol. 62, Issue 1

Lengthy Literature Review
Feminist conceptualizations of women’s madness: a review of the literature. By: Wright, Nicola, Owen, Sara, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Oct2001, Vol. 36, Issue 1

Literature Review
Gender in Families: Women and Men in Marriage, Work, and Parenthood
Linda Thompson, Alexis J. Walker
Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 51, No. 4. (Nov., 1989), pp. 845-871.

Literature Review
Women and Migration: The Social Consequences of Gender
Silvia Pedraza
Annual Review of Sociology, Vol. 17. (1991), pp. 303-325.

Review Essay
Three books are contrasted.
Beyond identity politics? By: Nowlin, Michael, Canadian Review of American Studies, 00077720, 1999, Vol. 29, Issue 1

Example of a Review Essay
The new literature on gender and the welfare state: The U.S. case. By: Kornbluh, Felicia A., Feminist Studies, 00463663, Spring96, Vol. 22, Issue 1

Random Student Example off of the Web

Partial Examples
Beginning paragraphs of a few literature reviews.