Literature Review: Literature Review Co-Authorship

Literature Review Co-Authorship

Librarians are collaborating in conducting a literature reviews and co-author review articles. Librarian collaborating with researchers, as a review co-author, provides guidance on planning a literature review, review question and design of literature search, literature analysis and synthesis, and writing a literature review article.

To co-author on a scoping review with librarian, please submit the Literature Review Co-Authorship Contract. 

The information support offered are on: 

Planning Literature Review

• Consultation and guidance on writing a literature review
• Consult and guide on the literature review writing process.
• Explore published reviews on a potential topic for a literature review.
• Identify information resources 
• Consult and guide on a selection of journals for publication.
• Identify information on journal submission guidelines.

Literature Search

• Consult on the identification of literature resources and electronic literature search databases.
• Consult with the development of the topic for a literature review.
• Consult on the development of a literature search strategy and design.
• Consult on the conduct of literature reviews in electronic databases and literature management.
• Design literature search 
• Conduct a search in literature databases and gather citations
• Guide in citation and information management 

Literature Analysis and Synthesis

• Consult on literature analysis and synthesis (published research, theories, and concepts).
• Guide and collaborate on evaluation of literature 
• Consult on citation management and citation styles.
• Manage citations using EndNote 

Writing a Literature Review

• Consult on writing the review outline.
• Consult on writing a draft of a literature review.
• Consult on editing the literature reviews and submissions for publication.

Note: Librarians are collaborating in conducting a literature reviews and co-author review articles.