Efnisyfirlit

• Cover Page
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of tables and figures
• Acknowledgements
• About the author
• 1 Introduction
  • What is a literature review?
  • The literature review at different degree levels
  • Why is it important to undertake a literature review as part of your research?
  • Where do we find the literature review in a dissertation or thesis?
  • Structuring your literature review
  • Task 1.1 Choosing a literature review approach
  • Summary
  • Overview
• 2 The multiple purposes of a literature review
  • The multiple purposes
  • Historical background
  • Contemporary context
  • Theoretical underpinnings
  • Definitions and discussion of terminology used in the research
  • Signalling a gap in previous research and using this to justify your own
  • The significance of a problem for research
  • Task 2.1 Reflecting on your own research
  • Summary
• 3 Sources of information and conducting searches
  • What is a literature search?
  • What are the purposes of a literature search?
  • Sources of information
  • Evaluating online sources of information
  • Different types of research
  • Tools for finding relevant sources
  • The process of conducting a literature search
  • The use of key words and Boolean logic
  • Keeping up to date: RSS feeds and email alerts
  • Social bookmarking
  • Task 3.1 Tracking and recording your search
  • Summary
• 4 Reading and note-taking strategies
  • Techniques for reading efficiently
  • Critical reading
  • Increasing your reading speed
  • Reasons for note taking
  • Techniques for note taking
  • Three main formats for note taking
  • Your own comments
  • Handwritten notes vs computer notes
  • Making connections between different texts: using key words
  • Making connections between different texts: a tabular comparison
  • Techniques for writing a summary
  • Task 4.1 Applying the principles to your field
  • Summary
• 5 Reference management: keeping records and organising information
  • Managing the process
  • A record of key word searches
  • A record of bibliographic details
  • A personal library
  • Copyright legislation
  • Bibliographical software packages
  • Task 5.1 Record keeping for your own research
  • Summary
• 6 Structuring the literature review
  • The processes involved in the creation of a literature review
  • Beginning to write
  • The structure of the literature review
  • Developing the structure of your review
  • Task 6.1 Structuring your own literature review
  • The relationship between the introduction and the literature review
  • Task 6.2 Reflecting on your own research field
  • Summary
• 7 In-text citations
  • Why do we reference?
  • What is plagiarism?
  • What type of information requires a reference?
  • Referencing systems
  • Integral and non-integral references
  • Disciplinary difference in reference type
  • Types of citation
  • Disciplinary difference in citation type
  • Choice of reporting verb
  • Disciplinary difference in reporting verbs
  • Tense of reporting verb
  • Choice of tense in the clause or sentence where the information is reported
  • Effective and unacceptable citations
  • Text matching software: Turnitin
  • Task 7.1 Analysing reference techniques in your own research field
  • Summary
• 8 Being critical
  • The difference between critical reading and critical writing
  • Being critical in writing
  • How different researchers adopt a critical approach in their writing
  • Task 8.1 Critical writing in your own research field
  • Summary
• 9 Foregrounding writer voice
  • What is writer voice?
  • The organisation of the text
  • Unattributed assertions followed by support from citations
  • Making explicit connections between citations
  • Summary and evaluation of source material
  • Overall summary at end of section or chapter
  • The use of personal pronouns
  • The choice of citation pattern
  • The evaluative potential of different reporting verbs
  • Evaluative adjectives, adverbs and phrases
  • A mixture of evaluative strategies
  • Task 9.1 Reflecting on the writer’s voice in your own research
  • Summary
• 10 The continuing process
  • The literature review process
  • Referring to the literature in your discussion chapter
  • Task 10.1 Reflecting on making the connections in your own research
  • Findings support an existing theory
  • Comparing a new model and an existing theory
  • Explaining a finding using the literature
  • Contribution of current research to existing theory
  • Interpreting the data using the literature
  • Application of theory to the findings
  • Summary
• 11 A systematic literature review
  • What is a systematic literature review?
  • The process of conducting a systematic literature review
  • What is a meta-analysis?
  • Narrative synthesis
  • An example of a systematic review
  • Appraisal of a systematic literature review
  • Task 11.1 Searching for and critiquing a systematic literature review in your field
  • Summary
  • Further reading
  • Conclusion
• Electronic guides
• References
• Index

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