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.
By:
Diana Ridley Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 3rd Revised edition Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 189mm,
Weight: 390g ISBN:9781036209582 ISBN 10: 103620958X Pages: 208 Publication Date:27 November 2025 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
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.