Succeeding with your literature review : a handbook for students / Paul Oliver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oliver, Paul.

Series:

Open UP study skills.

Open UP study skills

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book reviewing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Book reviewing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berkshire, England : McGraw-Hill : Open University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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-- [Publisher]

Contents:

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

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

3. Doing a literature search

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

4. How to select literature for inclusion

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?

5. Analyzing and categorizing the literature critically

Checklist of criteria

Methodology

Criteria

6. The structure of a literature review

Subdivisions according to criteria

Headings and sub-headings

Theoretical perspectives used

Type of methodology

Findings

Chronology

Ideological position

Selection of significant works

7. Writing the review

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

8. Relating the review to the rest of the dissertation

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 reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-12104-1

9786613524904

0-335-24369-X

OCLC:

778076173