The Literature Review
A Step-by-Step Guide for Students
- Diana Ridley - Sheffield University, UK
SAGE Study Skills Series
Literature Reviews | Literature Reviews (PG) | Research Methods & Evaluation (General)
New to this edition are:
- Examples drawn from a wide range of disciplines
- A new chapter on conducting systematic reviews
- Increased guidance on evaluating the quality of online sources and online literature
- Enhanced guidance in dealing with copyright and permissions issues.
This book also comes with a companion website containing a wide range of examples of successful literature reviews from various academic disciplines.
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A useful text that is clearly written and accessible to students. There are many handy hints and examples to aid understanding, and the logical, step-by-step approach helps readers see the relevance of structure when writing a review. The tasks within the chapters also help readers develop their own skills and thinking processes.
A clearly structure and comprehensive guide for students who are relatively new to academic writing.
A user friendly guide, easy to follow, and offering some useful reminders and insights into what can often be a confusing process to students. I would certainly add this to my list of recommended books on the topic.
Understanding and writing literature reviews is a challenge most undergraduates and indeed postgraduates need systematic support which is provided in this book by Diana Ridley. It addresses key questions and serves as a useful guideline both for beginners and more experienced students and researchers.
an excellent guide to those new to research and large academic assignments as well as those undertaking PhD research.
I will be recommending this text to my dissertation students many of whom struggle with writing their literature review. i will also pass on the text to the unit leader for the dissertation unit - Janette Allotey
The book provides a clear and easy-to-read account of literature review. very usfull for my research method class!
This text offers a really useful starting point for learners new to research and exploring literature reviews. Particularly good for second year students who are starting to think about dissertations.
This book gave a broad perspective on the role and task of a literature review. Very helpful for the student who has not undertaken this task previously
This is a useful text for students and I have used ideas from this text in advising students.
