Reference Desk Hours
| Mon - Thurs | 7:30 am - 9:00 pm |
|---|---|
| Fri | 7:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| Sat | 8:00 am - Noon |
| Sun | 5:00 - 9:00 pm |
Visit or call 724.264.4729 for assistance during the hours listed above.
Email us at refdesk@gcc.edu
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Kim Marks
Reference/Instruction Librarian
Office: Library -- Room 206
Email: ksmarks@gcc.edu
724.450.1532
Writing Center
Hours: Mon - Thurs 3:00 - 8:00 pm.
Where: Lower Level of Buhl, Rm 013A
Need some guidance writing your own literature review?
For additional tips on organizing and writing your own review
"A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area, and sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time period.
"A literature review can be just a simple summary of the sources, but it usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and synthesis. A summary is a recap of the important information of the source, but a synthesis is a re-organization, or a reshuffling, of that information. It might give a new interpretation of old material or combine new with old interpretations. Or it might trace the intellectual progression of the field, including major debates. And depending on the situation, the literature review may evaluate the sources and advise the reader on the most pertinent or relevant."
Source: The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2012. "Literature Reviews."
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/literature-reviews/ (February 25, 2013).
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