Mastering literature reviews is crucial for academic success. This updated edition of Diana Ridley's bestselling book is your essential guide. It offers step-by-step instructions for conducting literature searches and reviews, helping you to streamline the process. Presenting a clear and detailed roadmap to ensure you don't miss a step, the book will: · Equip you with practical strategies for conducting a systematic search of the available literature. · Help you critically assess the quality of digital literature to enhance your practical skills and critical thinking. · Test your understanding and help you monitor your progress with updated checklists, tasks, and end-of-chapter exercises. · Demonstrate best practices by drawing on expanded examples from a wide range of disciplines. · Help you develop your citation practices to present a powerful argument in your literature review.

Ideal for undergraduate, Masters, and PhD students, this book is a must-have for anyone tackling a literature review as part of their research project. Diana Ridley was a Senior Lecturer at the TESOL Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, UK where she supervised research students in the fields of English language teaching and academic literacies. She has researched academic writing practices and taught research writing courses at the University of Sheffield.