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Doing a literature review : releasing the research imagination

By: Series: Sage study skillsPublisher: London : SAGE, 2018Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xiv, 334pISBN:
  • 9781526419217 (pbk.)
  • 9781526419200 (hardback)
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WX 20.2
Summary: This book has been written for postgraduate research students and tutors and anyone else with an interest in the use of research as evidence for an intervention or argument. It is not intended as a step-by-step manual and is not prescriptive, but is an introduction on what it means and what is involved in reviewing research literature. It looks at explaining as well as describing the ideas in which the methods and techniques for analysing the literature are based. It aims to help you develop your critical thinking skills and capabilities, so that you can apply them to all kinds of debates, interpretations and issues beyond the academic realm.
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Item type Home library Class number Status Date due Barcode
Book PRUH Education Centre Library Shelves WX 20 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available B04786
Book South London and Maudsley Trust Library Shelves WX 20.2 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 023140
Book Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Shelves Z 711 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available S04125
Book Stenhouse Library (Kingston Hospital) Shelves Z 711 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available S04126

Previous edition: Doing a literature review: releasing the social science research imagination (1998)

This book has been written for postgraduate research students and tutors and anyone else with an interest in the use of research as evidence for an intervention or argument. It is not intended as a step-by-step manual and is not prescriptive, but is an introduction on what it means and what is involved in reviewing research literature. It looks at explaining as well as describing the ideas in which the methods and techniques for analysing the literature are based. It aims to help you develop your critical thinking skills and capabilities, so that you can apply them to all kinds of debates, interpretations and issues beyond the academic realm.

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