Writing the Literature Review : a practical guide /
Efron, Sara Efrat,
Writing the Literature Review : a practical guide / Sara Efrat Efron, Ruth Ravid. - This book is printed on acid-free paper. - New York: The Guilford Press, 2019. - xix, 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This accessible text provides a roadmap for producing a high-quality literature review--an integral part of a successful thesis, dissertation, term paper, or grant proposal. Each step of searching for, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing prior studies is clearly explained and accompanied by user friendly suggestions, organizational tips, vignettes and examples of student work. Also featured are excerpts from peer-reviewed quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods articles. This is the first book to focus on crafting different types of reviews (systematic, traditional-narrative, or hermeneutic--phenomenological) that reflect the writer's research question, methodological choices, and approaches to knowledge. It describes what all reviews have in common and highlights distinct characteristics of each type. The book includes dos and don'ts for evaluating studies and constructing an argument, and software suggestions for locating, organizing, and arranging sources"--
9781462536894
2018041861
Academic writing.
Dissertations, Academic--Authorship.
Report writing.
Research--Methodology.
Literature review
LB2369 / .E27 2019
808.02
Writing the Literature Review : a practical guide / Sara Efrat Efron, Ruth Ravid. - This book is printed on acid-free paper. - New York: The Guilford Press, 2019. - xix, 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This accessible text provides a roadmap for producing a high-quality literature review--an integral part of a successful thesis, dissertation, term paper, or grant proposal. Each step of searching for, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing prior studies is clearly explained and accompanied by user friendly suggestions, organizational tips, vignettes and examples of student work. Also featured are excerpts from peer-reviewed quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods articles. This is the first book to focus on crafting different types of reviews (systematic, traditional-narrative, or hermeneutic--phenomenological) that reflect the writer's research question, methodological choices, and approaches to knowledge. It describes what all reviews have in common and highlights distinct characteristics of each type. The book includes dos and don'ts for evaluating studies and constructing an argument, and software suggestions for locating, organizing, and arranging sources"--
9781462536894
2018041861
Academic writing.
Dissertations, Academic--Authorship.
Report writing.
Research--Methodology.
Literature review
LB2369 / .E27 2019
808.02