Writing the literature review : a practical guide / Sara Efrat Efron, Ruth Ravid.

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"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 use...

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Main Authors: Efron, Sara Efrat (Author), Ravid, Ruth (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Guilford Publications, [2019]
Subjects:
Report writing.
Criticism.
Literaturauswertung.
Review Literature as Topic.
Research Design.
Abstracting and Indexing.
Information Storage and Retrieval.
Physical Description:xix, 298 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • What is a literature review?
  • Different orientations to a literature review
  • Choosing a review topic and formulating a research question
  • Locating and organizing research sources
  • Selecting, analyzing, and keeping notes of sources
  • Evaluating research articles
  • Structuring and organizing the literature review
  • Developing arguments and supporting claims
  • Synthesizing and interpreting the literature
  • The writer voice and the writing process
  • Acknowledging sources: citations, quotations, and plagiarism
  • Putting it all together.