The essential guide-updated, expanded, and easier to use than ever. This pioneering book has provided countless graduate students and researchers with a road map to a quality literature review. Using its six-step model, you'll narrow your research topic, focus your literature search, negotiate the myriad of books, periodicals, and reports about your topic-and, of course, write the review. The fourth edition features: New and improved graphics ideal for visualizing the process More explanations and tips, especially for writing in the early stages An expanded range of learning tools Additional reflection sections to direct metacognitive activities Four new reference supplements.

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COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LITERATURE REVIEW FLOWCHART -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 - STEP 1: SELECT AND DEFINE A TOPIC -- CHAPTER 2 - STEP 2: DEVELOP THE TOOLS OF ARGUMENTATION -- CHAPTER 3 - STEP 3: SEARCH THE LITERATURE -- CHAPTER 4 - STEP 4: SURVEY THE LITERATURE -- CHAPTER 5 - STEP 5: CRITIQUE THE LITERATURE -- CHAPTER 6 - STEP 6: WRITE THE REVIEW -- SUPPLEMENTS -- SUPPLEMENT A - THE ROLE OF THE LITERATURE REVIEW -- SUPPLEMENT B - LITERATURE REVIEW 101 -- SUPPLEMENT C - WRITING A JOURNAL -- SUPPLEMENT D - SQRRR -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING -- INDEX.