Providing students with straightforward guidance on how to successfully carry out a literature review as part of a research project or dissertation, this book uses examples and activities to demonstrate how to complete each step correctly, from start to finish, and highlights how to avoid common mistakes.

What is a literature review? -- Types of literature review -- Selecting a review topic and searching the literature -- Reading and organising the literature -- Critically appraising the literature -- Combining (synthesising) the results -- Writing a literature review, plagiarism and referencing.