Selected Links to Resources on Writing a Literature Review
University of Toronto:
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.htmlA very detailed guide on how to write a literature review. Includes a nice set of questions to ask yourself about how well you've conducted your literature review. It also includes a very detailed set of questions to ask yourself about each article. This second part is more intended for thesis writers than for an in-class type of literature review. In other words, it's more than you really need.
University of Washington: Writing a Psychology Literature Review
http://depts.washington.edu/psywc/handouts/pdf/litrev.pdfIn Adobe Acrobat format. A step by step guide for how to begin and conduct a literature review. While it's written for Psychology, most of what it talks about is relevant for Applied Linguistics as well. It has a very nice section on how to cite and create a bibliography using APA.
Deakin Library - Australia
http://www.deakin.edu.au/library/findout/research/litrev.phpThis site has a nice set of reasons for doing a literature review. You're sure to find your 'reason' here and this will help you frame/format your literature review.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.htmlA nice overview of the parts of a review of the literature and what should be contained within them.
University of Toronto: Using Internet Resources
http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3lib/pub/evaluate/webevalu.htmA good guide for how to use general internet resources in your work, including a nice bit on how to evaluate the validity of the sources.
Edith Cowan University (Australia)
http://www.ecu.edu.au/centres/library-services/workshops-and-training/referencing/related-content/downloads/ECU-Referencing-Guide-2014-July-update.pdfQuick and easy APA references. In Acrobat Format.