Literature Reviews

Art History

Literature reviews in a historical subject like art history are more subtle than in other kinds of research.  They won’t be announced with a Literature Review heading.  They tend to naturally grow out of the article introduction, which may have other citations, perhaps references to primary sources relating to an art work, theme, or concept.   You’ll be able to tell where they start when there are references to other scholars or the literature.  But it should also be pointed out that many times, the art historian will continue to draw on sources throughout the article as they are relevant to the point they are making, so that the boundary between literature review and “results” of the research or the researcher’s argument is blurry.  This is the nature of the discipline, which is all about analyzing creative work formally and contextually rather than, say, conducting an experiment or running tests on data.

• Broude, N. (2009). G. B. Tiepolo at Valmarana : Gender ideology in a patrician villa of the settecento." Art Bulletin, 91(2), 168-183. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/g-b-tiepolo-at-valmarana-gender-ideology/docview/880382561/se-2?accountid=8285.

• Bellow, J. (2019). Hand dance: Auguste Rodin's drawings of the Cambodian Royal Ballet. The Art Bulletin, 101(3), 37-65. doi: 10.1080/00043079.2019.1564176. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/hand-dance-auguste-rodins-drawings-cambodian/docview/2323051857/se-2?accountid=8285.

Grant Proposal

• Many proposals require a literature review. Reviewers want to know whether you’ve done the necessary preliminary research to undertake your project. Literature reviews should be selective and critical, not exhaustive. Reviewers want to see your evaluation of pertinent works.

International Studies

• Brandeberry, E. K. (2020). The economic pathways of female vietnamese american refugees and migrants (Order No. 28087442). Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/economic-pathways-female-vietnamese-american/docview/2447243998/se-2?accountid=8285

Marketing

• Javalgi, R. G., & La Toya, M. R. (2018). International marketing ethics: A literature review and research agenda. JBE: Journal of Business Ethics, 148(4), 703-720. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/american.edu?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1007%2Fs10551-015-2958-9

Psychology 

• Lynch, I., Swartz S., & Isaacs, D. (2017) Anti-racist moral education: A review of approaches, impact and theoretical underpinnings from 2000 to 2015, Journal of Moral Education, 46(2), 129-144, DOI: 10.1080/03057240.2016.1273825

Public Policy

• Bushouse, Brenda (2017). "Leveraging Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research to Impact Public Policy." Public Studies Journal, vol. 45, no. 1.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/psj.12195