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• 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