Preparing Literature Reviews:
Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
(Third Edition)

Ø Illustrates all the steps in preparing qualitative and quantitative literature reviews.
Ø Emphasizes topic selection, locating literature, and avoiding major pitfalls in evaluating and synthesizing literature.
Ø Shows how to improve literature reviews through the judicious inclusion of statistical results found in the literature.
Ø Provides easy-to-follow advice on how to avoid misrepresenting the results of published research in literature reviews.
Ø The numerous examples throughout the text and the nine model literature reviews clarify the process of following the guidelines for writing solid, state-of-the art literature reviews.
Ø Shows students how to blend qualitative and quantitative approaches to preparing literature reviews without being overly mathematical.
Ø Two chapters present clear explanations of how to conduct meta-anlyses.
Ø The Answer Key will be included with your free examination copy, enabling you to start using this book right away.
 
 

A sample of professors' reactions:

"I love it! Great overview and complement to the APA publication manual. Discusses things I've been telling my students for years!"
    — Angela R. Gillem, Arcadia University

“This textbook addresses the tremendous need of students who need to learn the fine art of presenting a synthesis of published documents. There are an abundance of important points included in this well-written, organized textbook.”
    — Mae Timmons, Clarkson College

"It is an easy-to-read book, even for the statistics phobic, with numerous examples for practice. It even comes with model literature reviews."
    — Terrence Quinn, Queens College City University of
          New York

"This book will provide a useful tool for my students as they undertake their 'capstone' senior research project."
    — Lore Rutz-Burri, Southern Oregon University

"This is a great tool to guide new graduate students through their first experience writing a review of literature! It's simple and easy to understand but detailed enough to help them do a good job."
    — Joanne P. Bentley, Utah State University

“It is just what I needed to guide my students in the first stages of choosing a topic, learning to use resources, critique articles, and write the literature reviews. Thank you for making life easier.”
    — Madhu Singh, Tugaloo College

“This book is superb. It incorporates many disparate elements into readable prose.”
    — Patrick Hawley, Alabama A&M University

“Very well done. Nicely organized. Thorough.”
    — Karen Dajani, Chatham University

“Excellent discussion on how to engage in preparing literature reviews, both quantitatively and qualitatively.”
    — Michaela L. Zajicek-Farber,
         The Catholic University of America

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