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Autore: | Oliver Paul |
Titolo: | Succeeding with your literature review [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for students / / Paul Oliver |
Pubblicazione: | Maidenhead, England : , : McGraw-Hill Education, Open University Press, , 2012 |
©2012 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (162 pages) |
Disciplina: | 001.4 |
Soggetto topico: | Research |
Research - Methodology | |
Research - Evaluation | |
Academic writing | |
Report writing | |
Research - Methodology - Study and teaching (Secondary) | |
Research - Methodology - Study and teaching (Higher) | |
Book reviewing | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 1. The nature and purpose of a literature review -- Summary -- Learning outcomes -- The nature of a literature review -- Identifying the main subject and themes -- Reviewing previous research -- Emphasizing leading research articles -- Exploring trends in the literature -- Summarizing key ideas in a subject area -- Key terms -- Key questions -- Key reading -- 2. The content of a literature review -- Summary -- Learning outcomes -- The categories of literature to include -- Defining the range of the review -- Selecting areas related to the subject of the dissertation or research study -- Credibility of journals -- Relating the content of your review to the research aims -- Areas of contention -- Key terms -- Key questions -- Key reading -- 3. Doing a literature search -- Summary -- Learning outcomes -- Preliminary survey -- The age of the literature -- University repositories -- Wikis, blogs and RSS -- Using referencing and bibliographic software -- |
Library catalogues -- Journal indexes and abstracting databases -- Key terms -- Key questions -- Key reading -- 4. How to select literature for inclusion -- Summary -- Learning outcomes -- Criteria for inclusion -- Which literature contributes most to the field? -- Methodology of the article -- Writing style -- Recency -- Validity of arguments -- Objectivity of research -- Is the author a noted scholar? -- Key terms -- Key questions -- Key reading -- 5. Analyzing and categorizing the literature critically -- Summary -- Learning outcomes -- Checklist of criteria -- Methodology -- Criteria -- Key questions -- Key reading -- 6. The structure of a literature review -- Summary -- Learning outcomes -- Subdivisions according to criteria -- Headings and sub-headings -- Theoretical perspectives used -- Type of methodology -- Findings -- Chronology -- Ideological position -- Selection of significant works -- Key terms -- Key questions -- Key reading -- | |
7. Writing the review -- Summary -- Learning outcomes -- Placing themes in order -- Compare literature which reaches different conclusions -- Being critical of inadequacies -- Prose style -- Standard approaches to referencing -- Citing electronic sources -- Calculating the number of quotations to include -- Devote more space to discussing significant literature -- Key terms -- Key questions -- Key reading -- 8. Relating the review to the rest of the dissertation -- Summary -- Learning outcomes -- Questions for further research -- Demonstrating how your study is connected with previous studies -- Relate literature to research questions and aims -- Linking findings and results with the literature review -- Relating primary data of research to the literature review -- Types of methodology used in previous research -- Recent developments in the subject area -- Key terms -- Key questions -- Key reading. | |
Sommario/riassunto: | The task of researching and writing a literature review is complex. This text provides comprehensive, practical guidance on the process of researching a range of relevant literature on a subject, then planning and writing a literature review-- |
Titolo autorizzato: | Succeeding with your literature review |
ISBN: | 1-280-12104-1 |
9786613524904 | |
0-335-24369-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910779051603321 |
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