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The Literature Review : A Step-by-Step Guide for Students
by Ridley, Diana

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	Acknowledgements	p. viii
	List of tables and figures	p. ix
1	Introduction	p. 1
	What is a literature review?	p. 2
	The literature review at different degree levels	p. 4
	Why is it important to undertake a literature review as part of your research?	p. 4
	Where do we find the literature review in a dissertation or thesis?	p. 7
	Structuring your literature review	p. 14
Task 1.1	Choosing a literature review approach	p. 14
	Summary	p. 15
	Overview	p. 15
2	The multiple purposes of a literature review	p. 16
	The multiple purposes	p. 16
	Historical background	p. 18
	Contemporary context	p. 19
	Theoretical underpinnings	p. 20
	Definitions and discussion of terminology used in the research	p. 22
	Signalling a gap in previous research and using this to justify your own	p. 24
	The significance of a problem for research	p. 25
Task 2.1	Reflecting on your own research	p. 27
	Summary	p. 28
3	Sources of information and conducting searches	p. 29
	What is a literature search?	p. 29
	What are the purposes of a literature search?	p. 30
	Sources of information	p. 31
	Different types of research	p. 33
	Tools for finding relevant sources	p. 34
	The process of conducting a literature search	p. 38
	The use of key words and Boolean logic	p. 40
Task 3.1	Tracking and recording your search	p. 42
	Summary	p. 43
4	Reading and note taking strategies	p. 44
	Techniques for reading efficiently	p. 45
	Increasing your reading speed	p. 48
	Reasons for note taking	p. 49
	Techniques for note taking	p. 50
	Making connections between different texts: using key words	p. 52
	Techniques for writing a summary	p. 53
Task 4.1	Applying the principles to your field	p. 58
	Summary	p. 59
5	Reference management: keeping records and organizing information	p. 60
	Managing the process	p. 60
	Bibliographical software packages	p. 64
Task 5.1	Record keeping for your own research	p. 78
	Summary	p. 78
6	Structuring the literature review	p. 80
	The processes involved in the creation of a literature review	p. 80
	Beginning to write	p. 81
	The structure of the literature review	p. 82
	Developing the structure of your review	p. 84
Task 6.1	Structuring your own literature review	p. 87
	The relationship between the introduction and the literature review	p. 87
Task 6.2	Reflecting on your own research field	p. 95
	Summary	p. 95
7	In-text citations	p. 96
	Why do we reference?	p. 96
	What is plagiarism?	p. 97
	What type of information requires a reference?	p. 98
	Referencing systems	p. 99
	Integral and non-integral references	p. 101
	Types of citation	p. 105
	Choice of reporting verb	p. 108
	Tense of reporting verb	p. 109
	Choice of tense in the clause or sentence where the information is reported	p. 112
	Effective and unacceptable citations	p. 113
Task 7.1	Analysing reference techniques in your own research field	p. 115
	Summary	p. 116
8	Being critical	p. 117
	The difference between critical reading and critical writing	p. 117
	Being critical in writing	p. 118
	How different researchers adopt a critical approach in their writing	p. 120
Task 8.1	Critical writing in your own research field	p. 129
	Summary	p. 130
9	Foregrounding writer voice	p. 131
	What is writer voice?	p. 131
	The organization of the text	p. 132
	The use of personal pronouns	p. 136
	The choice of citation pattern	p. 140
	The evaluative potential of different reporting verbs	p. 142
	Evaluative adjectives, adverbs and phrases	p. 145
	A mixture of evaluative strategies	p. 146
Task 9.1	Reflecting on the writer's voice in your own research	p. 147
	Summary	p. 148
10	The continuing process	p. 149
	The literature review process	p. 149
	Referring to the literature in your discussion chapter	p. 151
Task 10.1	Reflecting on making the connections in your own research	p. 158
	Summary	p. 159
	Conclusion	p. 160
	Electronic guides	p. 161
	References	p. 162
	Index	p. 164

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