Writing the Literature Review
Second Edition
A Practical Guide
Sara Efrat Efron and Ruth Ravid
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Hardcover
pre-orderOctober 16, 2026
ISBN 9781462564163
Price: $75.00 334 Pages
Size: 7" x 10"
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ISBN 9781462564156
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Size: 7" x 10"
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1. What Is a Literature Review?
2. Different Orientations to a Literature Review
3. Choosing a Review Topic and Formulating a Research Question
4. Locating and Organizing Research Sources
5. Selecting, Analyzing, and Keeping Notes on Sources
6. Evaluating Research Articles
7. Structuring and Organizing the Literature Review
8. Developing Arguments and Supporting Claims
9. Synthesizing and Interpreting Literature
10. The Writer Voice and the Writing Process
11. Acknowledging Sources: Citations, Quotations, and Plagiarism
12. Putting It All Together
Resources
References
Index
About the Authors











