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beth_books_123's review
1.0
That was rubbish and pretentious - 1*
Really? What a pretentious book. There are better books out there on lit reviews. Read them instead.
Really? What a pretentious book. There are better books out there on lit reviews. Read them instead.
alexander0's review against another edition
3.0
This is a good "general" book that gives you a series of chapters on facets of literature review. Primarily it focuses on health research though. So even though it is general, it is not as well organized social science. It's organized like a textbook which I found a little odd. This book is not a "step-by-step" guide, or a chronological "how-to" guide. This book organizes things that loosely are answering Q&A questions about how to develop a lit review. Likely you will be reading this for 3-4 chapters of this 10 chapter book and not reading it cover to cover and remembering it.
One of the more disappointing parts of this book is that to use this book, you probably want a desk copy, not a library edition, but also there are likely better books focusing on literature review for your area of research/discipline/field than this. So, this book, while general, is not the best reference for you. If you're thinking about a literature review, this book is a skimming book. You take the high points and run with them. If you're reading for a step-by-step guide, this might pair well with a few reviews related to the kind of review you want to do. But I don't know that this one makes the most sense unless you're in interdisciplinary medical, policy, engineering, or economics.
One of the more disappointing parts of this book is that to use this book, you probably want a desk copy, not a library edition, but also there are likely better books focusing on literature review for your area of research/discipline/field than this. So, this book, while general, is not the best reference for you. If you're thinking about a literature review, this book is a skimming book. You take the high points and run with them. If you're reading for a step-by-step guide, this might pair well with a few reviews related to the kind of review you want to do. But I don't know that this one makes the most sense unless you're in interdisciplinary medical, policy, engineering, or economics.
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