The literature review : a step-by-step guide for students /
Diana Ridley.
- Second edition.
- viii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- SAGE study skills. .
- Sage study skills. .
Previous edition: 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-210) and index.
Introduction -- The multiple purposes of a literature review -- Sources of information and conducting searches -- Reading and note-taking strategies -- Reference management: keeping records and organising information -- Structuring the literature review -- In-text citations -- Being critical -- Foregrounding writer voice -- The continuing process -- A systematic literature review.
This title is a concise, step-by-step guide to conducting a literature search and writing up the literature review chapter in a master dissertation or a professional doctorate thesis.
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Academic writing. Report writing. Research. Research --Evaluation.