PART ONE: OVERVIEW
Chapter 1: Foundations of the Literature Review
Chapter 2: The Literature Review
Chapter 3: Methodology of the Literature Review
PART TWO: EXPLORATION
Chapter 4: Step 1: Exploring Beliefs and Topics
Chapter 5: Step 2: Initiating the Search
Chapter 6: Step 3: Storing and Organizing Information
Chapter 7: Step 4: Selecting/Deselecting Information
Chapter 8: Step 5: Expanding the Search: Media, Observation(s),
Documents, Experts and Secondary Data
PART THREE: INTEGRATION
Chapter 9: Step 6: Analyzing and Synthesizing Information
PART FOUR: COMMUNICATION
Chapter 10: Step 7: Presenting the CLR Report: Planning Phase
Chapter 11: Step 7: Presenting the CLR Written Report
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Supplemental Tables of Quantitative, Qualitative, and
Mixed Research Designs
Appendix B: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Legitimation
Frameworks
This is by far the most comprehensive text on how to do
comprehensive literature reviews! Onwuegbuzie and Frels
skilfully demonstrate that review has a methodology of its
own. Both novice and experienced scholars will benefit from
detailed examples and step-by-step demonstrations of ways to
maximize the effectiveness of literature reviews to build new
theories and develop better explanations of behaviours and
outcomes.
*Abbas Tashakkori*
This is the most comprehensive and user-friendly book I’ve seen on
how to conduct a literature review. The authors take the
distinction of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods
research seriously, showing how each adds something important and
how being open-minded results in the use of literature based on all
three approaches. Overall, the book provides a process theory of
literature review, that is done before, during, and after each
research study. It is a must read for both PhD students and
research faculty.
*Burke Johnson*
With noteworthy scope of content, this book is a
must-have resource for beginning and experienced researchers alike.
In addition to its effective pedagogical features such as visuals
and end of chapter questions, this resource enables researchers to
make informed decisions about the purposes of and procedures for
undertaking a literature review. In so doing, the authors innovate
and advance our understandings of the processes and products
involved in a comprehensive literature review and provide practical
guidance for each of the steps. I have been seeking such a book and
plan to make this required reading for the graduate students I
instruct, mentor, and supervise.
*Cheryl N. Poth*
Seven Steps to a Comprehensive Literature Review is a comprehensive
text book written to instruct master’s-level students,
doctoral-level students, and new and experienced researchers in the
process of writing a comprehensive literature
review... Hopefully, this book will become an important text
used by instructors as they guide college students into the writing
of the literature review.
*Jan Kirksey Williams*
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