Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 264 g
Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 264 g
ISBN: 978-0-335-24368-6
Verlag: Open University Press
Professor Mark Brundrett, Liverpool John Moores University, UKThis step-by-step handbook provides comprehensive and practical guidance on the process of researching a range of relevant literature on a subject, as well as planning and writing a literature review. The book takes a student friendly approach to offer complete novices a simple review of a process which is often central to producing a research study. Succeeding with your Literature Review will enable you to: - Design a literature review which is related to the main facets of a research project - Conduct a logically-planned search for relevant literature - Determine which literature is most suited to inclusion in your study - Analyse the literature, drawing comparisons and connections where appropriate - Appraise the strengths and weaknesses of relevant literature - Write logically and rationally about the key features of literature - Write a literature review in a sound academic style - Understand how to relate a literature review to other elements of your study or dissertationWritten by an author with extensive experience of supervising and examining undergraduate, Masters and doctoral dissertations, this book covers the latest trends, such as: RSS feeds, wikis, grey literature, blogs and forms of open access publishing. The book also includes examples of common pitfalls, good practice, key terms and questions to reinforce student learning and reflection. Succeeding with your Literature Review is relevant in all subject areas and is essential reading for third year undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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1. The Nature and Purpose of a Literature Review
2. The Content of a Literature Review
3. Doing a Literature Search
4. How to Select Literature for Inclusion
5. Analyzing and Categorizing the Literature Critically
6. The Structure of a Literature Review
7. Writing the Review
8. Relating the Review to the Rest of the Dissertation