The Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students

Author:   Diana Ridley
Publisher:   Sage Publications Ltd
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781036209599


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   13 December 2025
Format:   Hardback
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The Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students


Overview

Mastering literature reviews is crucial for academic success. This updated edition of Diana Ridley’s bestselling book is your essential guide. It offers step-by-step instructions for conducting literature searches and reviews, helping you to streamline the process. Presenting a clear and detailed roadmap to ensure you don’t miss a step, the book will: ·       Equip you with practical strategies for conducting a systematic search of the available literature. ·       Help you critically assess the quality of digital literature to enhance your practical skills and critical thinking. ·       Test your understanding and help you monitor your progress with updated checklists, tasks, and end-of-chapter exercises. ·       Demonstrate best practices by drawing on expanded examples from a wide range of disciplines. ·       Help you develop your citation practices to present a powerful argument in your literature review. Ideal for undergraduate, Masters, and PhD students, this book is a must-have for anyone tackling a literature review as part of their research project.

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Author:   Diana Ridley
Publisher:   Sage Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Sage Publications Ltd
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781036209599


ISBN 10:   1036209598
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   13 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The multiple purposes of a literature review 3. Sources of information and conducting searches 4. Reading and note-taking strategies 5. Reference management: keeping records and organising information 6. Structuring the literature review 7. In-text citations 8. Being critical 9. Foregrounding writer voice 10. The continuing process 11. A systematic literature review

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Author Information

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.

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