list of used literature

[KLPNO]

Hello everyone
I'd like to ask if the phrase "list of used literature" sounds good as a title of the section in a thesis.

In my country, when a student writes a thesis there is a section in his/her work that contains only a list of books the student used while writing the thesis. Is it correct to call this section "list of used literature" or is there a more appropriate term?

[Yankee]

Hi KLPNO

You can say "List of literature used" to mean something similar to "This is the list of literature that was used in my thesis". As a title you could also simply say "Literature used".

However, if you reverse the word order and say "List of used literature", the meaning of the word 'used' changes to 'second-hand' (i.e. previously owned/not brand new)!

Instead of "Literature used", you could use these:
- Bibliography
- References
- Reference material
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[KLPNO]