Writing Your Dissertation Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide
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A quick and easy guide to writing a literature review for your master's or doctoral dissertation
This short guide will give you the tools you need write a literature review, no matter what your field of study is. If you're doing your master's or doctoral thesis, you need to present a good, detailed literature review in your final dissertation. Often, this can be confusing, and it's hard to find simple, clear instructions on what should go into your literature review.
In this short guide, you'll learn how to structure your literature review, how to choose good subheadings, what the logical flow should look like and how much reading you should be doing for your study.
Whether you're writing a research paper, proposal, or a master's or doctoral thesis, this guide will be useful for making sure that you start your journey of academic writing on the right foot. You'll be able to master this skill in just over 30 minutes. The guide is written by Dr. Grant Andrews, who has been teaching academic writing for years, and who knows the common pitfalls that students experience in academic writing.
This book is part of the Essay and Thesis Writing Series. You can find out more about the series at www.writeyourthesis.com.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Clearly written and makes a lot of sense. Kept very simple to understand and makes for easy reading.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5the book is concise and helpful.
I especially find the part where it says to do the reviews from broader themes to specific. No ambiguity. simple action steps, easy to follow.
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Writing Your Dissertation Literature Review - Grant Andrews
Writing Your Dissertation Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide
Essay and Thesis Writing Series
Grant Andrews
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: What is a Literature Review?
Chapter 3: Structure of a Literature Review
Chapter 4: Logic, Flow and Critical Engagement
Chapter 5: When Have You Done Enough Reading?
Things to Remember
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