Writing the Literature Review
Second Edition
A Practical Guide
Sara Efrat Efron and Ruth Ravid
HardcoverPaperbacke-bookprint + e-book
Hardcover
pre-orderOctober 16, 2026
ISBN 9781462564163
Price: $75.00 334 Pages
Size: 7" x 10"
Paperback
pre-orderAugust 28, 2026
ISBN 9781462564156
Price: $50.00334 Pages
Size: 7" x 10"
The new edition will be published August 28, 2026. If you need this title before then, please see the previous edition.
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New to this edition:
- Chapter-opening vignettes that draw readers in to each chapter's content.
- New section on using AI in literature searches and expanded guidance for using electronic sources, such as EBSCO and Google Scholar.
- New or expanded discussions of constant comparative analysis, qualitative comparative analysis, finding and using grey literature, differences between literature reviews for class papers and research papers versus dissertations, the literature review across different dissertation formats, and more.
- New and updated literature examples throughout the book.
- Updated guidance for reference lists and in-text citations.











