Doing a Literature Review

Releasing the Research Imagination (Third Edition)
Third Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-5296-7309-8
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 768 g

Elevate your research with the Third Edition of this classic guide. Master the "what," "how," and "why" of literature reviews and fully realise the potential of your scholarly work and evidence-based practice. By taking you on an intellectual journey, this book helps you streamline the process of searching, managing workflows and structuring different types of literature reviews. This is a totally revised and updated classic text on Literature reviewing for the AI age. It includes:

·Comprehensive explanation of the different types of review, evidence, and evaluation.

·New and more contemporary examples illustrating the many ways of conducting a literature review, including how to exploit the latest developments in AI apps.

·A "core skills" framework to help you turn your research experience into employability.

·A critical thinking focus that will not only help enhance your creativity, thinking and practical skills but also stimulate your intellectual curiosity and engagement with your research.

In combining a critical, philosophical approach with an expertly selected body of practical examples, the Third Edition of Chris Hart's landmark retains the strength of the original and successful previous editions, while helping researchers attain higher levels of knowledge and skills.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hart, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to Literature Reviewing
2. The Purposes of Reviewing the Literature
3. Different Kinds and Types of Literature Review
4. Searching the Literature
5. Argumentation Analysis in the Literature Review
6. Evidence, Evaluation and Realist Reviews
7. Extracting Information to Map and Identify Methodological Assumptions in the Literature
8. Citation Analysis
9. Understanding the Ways Ideas are Organised
10. Writing the Review

Über Autor(innen)

Hart, Chris
Chris Hart is an independent author, researcher and content writer based in the UK. He has taught at UK universities, directed international commercially funded research projects, designed and written online interactive tutorials and organised many international conferences.