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

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Edition:2nd ed.
Published: Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2012.
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245 1 4 |a The literature review :  |b a step-by-step guide for students /  |c Diana Ridley. 
250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a Los Angeles ;  |a London :  |b SAGE,  |c 2012. 
300 |a viii, 214 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 25 cm. 
490 1 |a SAGE study skills 
500 |a Previous ed.: 2008. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-210) and index. 
505 0 |a 1. 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 -- Task 1.1 Choosing a literature review approach -- Summary -- Overview -- 2. 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 -- Task 2.1 Reflecting on your own research -- Summary -- 3. Sources of information and conducting searches -- What is a literature search? -- What are the purposes of a literature search? -- Sources of information -- Evaluating online 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 -- Keeping up to date: RSS feeds and email alerts -- Social bookmarking -- Task 3.1 Tracking and recording your search -- Summary -- 4. Reading and note-taking strategies -- Techniques for reading efficiently -- Critical reading -- Increasing your reading speed -- Reasons for note taking -- Techniques for note taking -- Three main formats for note taking -- Your own comments -- Handwritten notes vs computer notes -- Making connections between different texts: using key words -- Making connections between different texts: a tabular comparison -- Techniques for writing a summary -- Task 4.1 Applying the principles to your field -- Summary -- 5. Reference management: keeping records and organising information -- Managing the process -- A record of key word searches -- A record of bibliographic details -- A personal library -- Copyright legislation -- Bibliographical software packages -- Task 5.1 Record keeping for your own research -- Summary -- 6. 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 -- Task 6.1 Structuring your own literature review -- The relationship between the introduction and the literature review -- Task 6.2 Reflecting on your own research field -- Summary -- 7. In-text citations -- Why do we reference? -- What is plagiarism? -- What type of information requires a reference? -- Referencing systems -- Integral and non-integral references -- Disciplinary difference in reference type -- Types of citation -- Disciplinary difference in citation type -- Choice of reporting verb -- Disciplinary difference in reporting verbs -- Tense of reporting verb -- Choice of tense in the clause or sentence where the information is reported -- Effective and unacceptable citations -- Text matching software: Turnitin -- Task 7.1 Analysing reference techniques in your own research field -- Summary -- 8. Being critical -- The difference between critical reading and critical writing -- Being critical in writing -- How different researchers adopt a critical approach in their writing -- Task 8.1 Critical writing in your own research field -- Summary -- 9. Foregrounding writer voice -- What is writer voice? -- The organisation of the text -- Unattributed assertions followed by support from citations -- Making explicit connections between citations -- Summary and evaluation of source material -- Overall summary at end of section or chapter -- 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 -- Task 9.1 Reflecting on the writer's voice in your own research -- Summary -- 10. The continuing process -- The literature review process -- Referring to the literature in your discussion chapter -- Task 10.1 Reflecting on making the connections in your own research -- Findings support an existing theory -- Comparing a new model and an existing theory -- Explaining a finding using the literature -- Contribution of current research to existing theory -- Interpreting the data using the literature -- Application of theory to the findings -- Summary -- 11. A systematic literature review -- What is a systematic literature review? -- The process of conducting a systematic literature review -- What is a meta-analysis? -- Narrative synthesis -- An example of a systematic review -- Appraisal of a systematic literature review -- Task 11.1 Searching for and critiquing a systematic literature review in your field -- Summary -- Further reading. 
650 0 |a Research. 
650 0 |a Research  |x Evaluation. 
650 0 |a Academic writing. 
650 0 |a Report writing. 
830 0 |a Sage study skills 
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992 |a Created by julew, 06/06/2013. Updated by sico, 08/07/2013. 
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