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Seven Steps to a Comprehensive Literature Review: A Multimodal and Cultural Approach


Seven Steps to a Comprehensive Literature Review: A Multimodal and Cultural Approach

Paperback by Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Frels, Rebecca

Seven Steps to a Comprehensive Literature Review: A Multimodal and Cultural Approach

£39.99

ISBN:
9781446248928
Publication Date:
18 Feb 2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Sage Publications Ltd
Pages:
440 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 10 May 2024
Seven Steps to a Comprehensive Literature Review: A Multimodal and Cultural Approach

Description

This dynamic guide to doing literature reviews demystifies the process in seven steps to show researchers how to produce a comprehensive literature review. Teaching techniques to bring systematic thoroughness and reflexivity to research, the authors show how to achieve a rich, ethical and reflexive review. What makes this book unique: Focuses on multimodal texts and settings such as observations, documents, social media, experts in the field and secondary data so that your review covers the full research environment Puts mixed methods at the centre of the process Shows you how to synthesize information thematically, rather than merely summarize the existing literature and findings Brings culture into the process to help you address bias and understand the role of knowledge interpretation, guiding you through Teaches the CORE of the literature review - Critical thinking, Organization, Reflections and Evaluation - and provides a guide for reflexivity at the end of each of the seven steps Visualizes the steps with roadmaps so you can track progress and self-evaluate as you learn the steps This book is the essential best practices guide for students and researchers, providing the understanding and tools to approach both the 'how' and 'why' of a rigorous, comprehensive, literature review.

Contents

PART ONE: OVERVIEW Chapter 1: Foundations of the Literature Review Chapter 2: The Literature Review Chapter 3: Methodology of the Literature Review PART TWO: EXPLORATION Chapter 4: Step 1: Exploring Beliefs and Topics Chapter 5: Step 2: Initiating the Search Chapter 6: Step 3: Storing and Organizing Information Chapter 7: Step 4: Selecting/Deselecting Information Chapter 8: Step 5: Expanding the Search: Media, Observation(s), Documents, Experts and Secondary Data PART THREE: INTEGRATION Chapter 9: Step 6: Analyzing and Synthesizing Information PART FOUR: COMMUNICATION Chapter 10: Step 7: Presenting the CLR Report: Planning Phase Chapter 11: Step 7: Presenting the CLR Written Report APPENDICES Appendix A: Supplemental Tables of Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research Designs Appendix B: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Legitimation Frameworks

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