The Virginia Campus Library has plenty of books on how to do an effective literature review (and write your dissertation …)
“Check out” some of these titles:
- The portable dissertation advisor by Miles Bryant (2004)
- Doing a literature review by Chris Hart (1998)
- A short guide to academic writing by Andrew Johnson (2003)
- Achieving your doctorate in education by Hilary Burgess (2006)
- Successful dissertations and theses by David Madsen (1992)
- Guide to the successful thesis and dissertation by James Mauch (2003)
- Writing the winning thesis or dissertation by Allan Glatthorn (2005)
Books such as these can be found by searching the ALADIN catalog.