The Literature Review
A Step-by-Step Guide for Students
- Diana Ridley - Sheffield University, UK
SAGE Study Skills Series
This Second Edition of Diana Ridley's bestselling guide to the literature review provides a step-by-step guide to conducting a literature search and literature review, and guides the reader in how to write up a literature review as part of a PhD thesis or Masters dissertation.
Ridley outlines practical strategies for reading and note taking, and guides the reader on how to conduct a systematic search of the available literature, and uses cases and examples throughout to demonstrate best practice in writing and presenting the review.
New to this edition are examples drawn from a wide range of disciplines, a new chapter on conducting a systematic review, increased coverage of issues of evaluating quality and conducting reviews using online sources and online literature and enhanced guidance in dealing with copyright and permissions issues.
This book also comes with a companion website containing a wide range of examples of successful literature reviews from a wide range of academic disciplines.
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'The Literature Review is a clearly written and easily accessible self-guided introduction packed with detailed examples. It's especially useful for budding researchers unfamiliar with crafting literature reviews that support strong theory development and empirical testing. I recommend it to every first-year doctoral student' -
Michael R. Hyman
Distinguished Achievement Professor, New Mexico State University
Excellent book, providing very good guidance on how to conduct a literature review.
Provides specific guidance on doing a literature review which is relevant to UG and PG students.
This text will support our trainees with their M-level study. A very useful text.
My students have found this book so helpful. The step-by-step approach offers clarity and helps build students' confidence in conducting a literature review.
Thank you very much for this insepction copy. This book is current and comprehensive. It includes useful consideration of referencing software. It has a particulalry easy to follow format with lots of text boxes and excercises. It is particularly useful for those new to literature searching.
This is an excellent book, clearly written and suitable for undergraduate students.
It outlines the purpose of literature review and gives good information about note taking and how be critical.
This book should help my students with the part of the research process to often struggle with.
Excellent guide. A must read for postgraduate learners.
This book provides detailed insights into carrying out the reserach for a literature review. Also it provides excellent step-by-step guidance in the writing process.
Helpful for students at all levels. The framework is useful for students trying to grasp a complicated procedure. The systematic literature review chapter is a nice addition. A great resource for students.
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