The Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students (Sage Study Skills Series) - Hardcover

Diana M. Ridley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1412934257 ISBN 13: 9781412934251

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

′I highly recommend Diana Ridley′s book. One of its great strengths is its relevance to all students in Higher Education required to undertake a literature review. A sense of security prevailed in the presence of the author′s uncomplicated writing style and pages rightly divided into manageable chunks...[This book] lives up to its claim to contain extensive practical tips on how to prepare, organise and write a successful literature review′ - ESCalate Review

The Literature Review is a concise step-by-step guide to conducting a literature search and writing up the literature review chapter in Masters dissertations and in Ph.D. and professional doctorate theses.

Diana Ridley describes how to carry out a literature review in a systematic, methodical way, providing useful strategies for efficient reading, conducting searches, organising information and writing the review itself. Examples of best and worst practice drawn from real literature reviews are included throughout to demonstrate how the guidance can be put into practice.

This is an accessible, pragmatic and highly practical resource that will be welcomed by postgraduate students of any discipline.

About this title

About the Author

Diana Ridley is a Senior Lecturer at the TESOL Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, UK where she supervises research students in the fields of English language teaching and academic literacies.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412934257
• ISBN 13: 9781412934251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184