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How to Write a Book Review. Book Review Guide
About this book
Document from the year 2012 in the subject Guidebooks - School, Education, Pedagogy, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture (NRCRI - Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria), course: Book Science, language: English, abstract: The main purposes of research include understanding, integrating, and modeling nature and society. Books and research works are important to achieve such goals, since it reviews fundamental subjects in different fields of human endeavour, while incorporating more recent developments. Materials published from academic research findings and other literary works need to be published for use for increase knowledge in the subject area by participants in the development process. However, since no one person is a repository or island of knowledge, such works need to be assessed, evaluated and appraised to meet the needs of the target audience. This study which evaluated the state of book review at the Federal College of Agriculture's Library, Ishiagu revealed that Nigerian authors do not write and publish their work like their foreign counterparts. Out of the total number of 4, 500 books in the library, 77.78% are reviewed, while 22.22% are not reviewed. 82.22% of books in the library are written and published by foreigners while Nigerians and other African authors contributed to the remaining 17.78%; meaning that Nigerian authors and researchers are not doing enough in their literary and research work as it applies to the Nigerian situation."How to write a Book Review and Book Review Guide" is to enable academic research professionals contribute to research, publishing of their work and knowledge. This paper identifies the necessary key components in academic publications, presents a description of book review methodology and attempts to integrate specific outcomes into a standing core of academic exercise and culture, 'publish or perish'!.
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