Doing Your Literature Review: Traditional And Systematic Techniques - Softcover

Jill Jesson; Lydia Matheson; Fiona Lacey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848601549 ISBN 13: 9781848601543

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

This highly accessible book guides students through the production of either a traditional or a systematic literature review, clearly explaining the difference between the two types of review, the advantages and disadvantages of both, and the skills needed. It gives practical advice on reading and organizing relevant literature and critically assessing the reviewed field. Contents include using libraries and the internet, note making, presentation, critical analysis, and referencing, plagiarism, and copyright.

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Review

'Tasks, tips, examples, figures and summaries in each chapter give the book a "self-guided" feel appropriate in a textbook, and the language is rarely arcane. Four useful appendices and a fine index complete the work. Overall, this is a sound guide for the absolute neophyte in how to create useable literature reviews. Part 2 is especially recommended as a good discussion of the ways and means of writing reviews. The work is useful for students at most levels, and for those who teach research methods and want a clear guide for literature reviews for their reading lists' -
G. E. Gorman
Online Information Review

'The main strength lies in the book's practical nature. The authors place great emphasis on the importance of proper searching techniques and encourage the use of specialist librarians. Chapters on reading and note-taking skills contain useful detail often missing from similar books - such as which bits of an article to read first, and how to make and store relevant notes that will be usable later. The examples of how to improve specific passages of writing are very valuable.' (Jenni Brooks 2013-10-30)

The book does what it promises: it is an accessible and practical book, which many researchers can benefit from to improve their literature reviews. (Willemijn Krebbekx, Universiteit van Amsterdam)

About the Author

Jill Jesson entered higher education as a mature student. She won a First Class Honours BSc in Behavioural Science, and in 1988 was awarded her PhD for a pioneering doctoral thesis on black businesses, both from Aston University. Since then she has worked with multi-disciplinary research teams within the Aston School of Pharmacy, Aston Business School and with M-E-L Research, an independent public services research consultancy. Her publications cover community pharmacy practice, public health and social care. Her special interest in literature review and the idea for this book developed as a result of teaching applied research to pharmacy undergraduates and Business School Masters students.

Lydia Matheson is an Information Specialist working for Library & Information Services at Aston University.  She undertook her BA Honours in English at York University and her PG Diploma in Librarianship at the University of Central England.  Her current role includes supporting business school students and developing the library’s online learning module for staff and students.  She is currently Secretary of the Business Librarians Association and a member of CILIP.  Before 2002,  she worked on Stories from the Web for Birmingham Libraries and the SENCO Electronic Communications Project for the National Council for Educational Technology. 

Fiona M. Lacey is a Glasgow native and graduate in Pharmacy, from Strathclyde University. She has been a registered pharmacist since 1982, practicing mainly in community pharmacy. Following a PhD in pharmacology, she gained post doctoral experience of R&D as a laboratory scientist in a UK-based multinational pharmaceutical company. She has been at Aston University since 1997, where she has taught various scientific and professional aspects of Pharmacy to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Her interest in literature review and the systematic review came through years of supervising student research projects. She is currently Associate Dean in the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1848601549
• ISBN 13: 9781848601543
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192