The literature review : a step-by-step guide for students / Diana Ridley.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- What is a literature review? -- The literature review at different degree levels -- Why is it important to undertake a literature review as part of your research? -- Where do we find the literature review in a dissertation or thesis? -- Structuring your literature review -- Choosing a literature review approach -- Summary -- Overview -- The multiple purposes of a literature review -- The multiple purposes -- Historical background -- Contemporary context -- Theoretical underpinnings -- Definitions and discussion of terminology used in the research -- Signalling a gap in previous research and using this to justify your own -- The significance of a problem for research -- Reflecting on your own research -- Summary -- Sources of information and conducting searches -- What is a literature search? -- What are the purposes of a literature search? -- Sources of information -- Different types of research -- Tools for finding relevant sources -- The process of conducting a literature search -- The use of key words and Boolean logic -- Tracking and recording your search -- Summary -- Reading and note taking strategies -- Techniques for reading efficiently -- Increasing your reading speed -- Reasons for note taking -- Techniques for note taking -- Making connections between different texts: using key words -- Techniques for writing a summary -- Applying the principles to your field -- Summary -- Reference management: keeping records and organizing information -- Managing the process -- Bibliographical software packages -- Record keeping for your own research -- Summary -- Structuring the literature review -- The processes involved in the creation of a literature review -- Beginning to write -- The structure of the literature review -- Developing the structure of your review -- Structuring your own literature review -- The relationship between the introduction and the literature review -- Reflecting on your own research field -- Summary -- In-text citations -- Why do we reference? -- What is plagiarism? -- What type of information requires a reference? -- Referencing systems -- Integral and non-integral references -- Types of citation -- Choice of reporting verb -- Tense of reporting verb -- Choice of tense in the clause or sentence where the information is reported -- Effective and unacceptable citations -- Analysing reference techniques in your own research field -- Summary -- Being critical -- The difference between critical reading and critical writing -- Being critical in writing -- How different researchers adopt a critical approach in their writing -- Critical writing in your own research field -- Summary -- Foregrounding writer voice -- What is writer voice? -- The organization of the text -- The use of personal pronouns -- The choice of citation pattern -- The evaluative potential of different reporting verbs -- Evaluative adjectives, adverbs and phrases -- A mixture of evaluative strategies -- Reflecting on the writer's voice in your own research -- Summary -- The continuing process -- The literature review process -- Referring to the literature in your discussion chapter -- Reflecting on making the connections in your own research -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Electronic guides.

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