Doing Your Literature Review
Traditional and Systematic Techniques
- Jill Jesson - Aston University, UK
- Lydia Matheson - Aston University, UK
- Fiona M Lacey - Aston University, UK
Literature Reviews | Research Methods & Evaluation | Research Methods for Business & Management
Contents include:
- using libraries and the internet
- note making
- presentation
- critical analysis
- referencing, plagiarism and copyright.
This book will be relevant to students from any discipline. It includes contributions from two lecturers who have many years experience of teaching research methods and the supervision of postgraduate research dissertations and a librarian, each offering expert advice on either the creation and assessment of literature reviews or the process of searching for information. The book also highlights the increasing importance for many disciplines of the systematic review methodology and discusses some of the specific challenges which it brings.
Jill K. Jesson has worked with multi-disciplinary research teams within the Aston School of Pharmacy, Aston Business School and with M-E-L Research, an independent public services research consultancy. She has now left Aston University and is working as a Consultant.
Lydia Matheson is an Information Specialist working for Library & Information Services at Aston University.
Fiona M. Lacey is an academic pharmacist, a member of the pharmacy practice teaching group in the School of Pharmacy, and Associate Dean in the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston.
A useful and practical book but other books are recommended in conjunction with this one
The book is very suitable for social science undergraduate students and as part of a research methods module. The language used is simple and it covers all the issues students need to know about at this stage of their education. However, it tends to be a bit repetitive so some restructuring of its content would have been useful. A good book overall covering a gap in the availability of such type of sources.
Good structure and will help students plan their reviews for dissertation
Excellent book which addresses clearly the steps and principles of systematic lit review. This book should be on every PG and PG students' reading list!
I loved this book! Found it really helpful in developing a course for my students. However, for our purposes [international students] a more practical text, combining theory with practice, would be optimal. I recommended it to a few students who have bought personal copies for their own development.
Recommending for Osteopathy students undertaking literature reviews for BSc
A clear and practical guide that will be extremely useful for both undergraduate and post-graduate students.
Dissertation study support module benefits from this text.
For students choosing to write a literature review, this will be the primary recommended reading.
A very useful resource for masters and postgraduate research students. Dr Paresh Wankhade, Hope Business School Liverpool Hope University UK
