Seven Steps to a Comprehensive Literature Review
A Multimodal and Cultural Approach
- Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie
- Rebecca Frels - Lamar University, USA
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.
Sadly this book never arrived despite me being very interested to adopt for my MSc students dissertation stage.
The literature review is one of the toughest parts of any proposal (or postgraduate piece of work) for students to complete successfully because it asks the student to engage with the theory they will be using from the perspective of ideas alone. IT also asks the student to investigate other academics' work in a manner that they haven't really experienced before. All these "firsts" make the literature review a very confusing and oftentimes daunting process. Fortunately, "Seven Steps" provides the specific guidance that so many students need to navigate this difficult process. The systematic way in which the book approaches a topic that can be said to change with each application (e.g. How do you go about it? What to include? What to leave out? and most importantly, Why?) is indispensable for anyone teaching students new to postgraduate work, or for researchers looking for an alternative approach to a process they are otherwise well-acquainted with.
Very accessible book for students who wish to increase their capabilites in working at the front end of their papers.
Comprehensive, well structured book, which will be very useful to students planning a literature review.
this book is more relevant for the MSc students. it will be a good supplement for the student who wants to go a little further
it was actually a little more complex than I was hoping for. the text is dense and it is big book. for my BSc students it is jut a little too much
My Masters student found the book to be extremely helpful in writing up her literature review for her thesis. I myself am using it for my PhD and have recommended it to fellow colleagues for their students.
This is a useful and thorough book. I used it in a teaching session with PgR students. It is very detailed, but I suggested it could be a helpful reference. The library have now ordered copies. We have it listed with one postgraduate taught course and with our Graduate School.
This is an informative and engaging text.
I would recommend it to students undertaking a literature review in a variety of disciplines.
Very accessible to a large range of students. Must-have resource for any university student
