The Literature Review

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.

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.