Doing a literature review : releasing the social science research imagination /
Chris Hart.
- London : SAGE, 1998.
- ix, 230p. ; 25 cm.
Published in association with the Open University.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-223) and index.
The literature review in research--Reviewing and the research imagination--Classifying and reading research--Argumentation analysis--Organising and expressing ideas--Mapping and analysing ideas--Writing the review. Appendix 1: The proposal--2: How to cite references--3:Presentation of a dissertation--4: Managing information and keeping records--5: Checklist of dos and don\'ts for reviewing--References--Index.
Doing a Literature Review takes the reader through the initial stages of an undergraduate dissertation or a postgraduate thesis, offering advice on analysing arguments and ideas, topic searches and citing references.
Report writing. Social sciences--Research Humanities--Research Dissertations, Academic. Literature--History and criticism Literature. Study & learning skills: general Social research & statistics