The Literature Review: Six Steps to Success

The go-to guide to completing a thorough, well-organized, and effective lit review!

This new edition of the best-selling book offers graduate students in education and the social sciences a road map to developing and writing an effective literature review for a research project, thesis, or dissertation. Updated with key vocabulary words, technology advice, and tips for writing during the early stages, the second edition takes students step by step through the entire process:

1. Selecting a topic 
2. Searching the literature 
3. Developing arguments 
4. Surveying the literature 
5. Critiquing the literature 
6. Writing the literature review