How to Do Your Literature Review
eBook - ePub

How to Do Your Literature Review

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Do Your Literature Review

About this book

This book will walk you through every step of crafting an excellent literature review. It will show you where to find sources, how to assess their quality, and how to combine and integrate these sources into the best possible literature review. From scoping the field to searching the literature to synthesising your findings, this book hits all the spots.

Presenting a clear and detailed roadmap to ensure you don't miss a step, the book includes:

· Advice on the best ways to scan and search the literature.

· All the latest information and advice on using AI tools for searching literature.

· Case studies and real-life examples from a range of disciplines so you can learn from other researchers who have been in your shoes.

· DIY activities so you can practice your skills and get to grips with key concepts.

· Guidance on how to analyse and synthesise the findings from your literature searches.

· Advice and guidance on organising your writing.

For tutors, each chapter is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation that will map onto a 10 or 11 week module.

Written in Gary's signature easy-to-read style, this book is an essential companion for anyone conducting a literature review in the applied social sciences.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Online Resources
  7. About the author
  8. Preface
  9. How to use this Book
  10. 1 Starting
  11. 2 Scanning, skimming, saving and storing
  12. 3 Sources, quality and criticality
  13. 4 Scoping
  14. 5 Searching, screening and selecting
  15. 6 Structuring a narrative review
  16. 7 Systematising
  17. 8 Strategising: Comparing systematic, realist and narrative reviews
  18. 9 Synthesising: Storyline and theory
  19. 10 Synthesising and analysing
  20. 11 Scribing, concluding and stopping
  21. Glossary
  22. References
  23. Index