The Literature Review

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Cat in Window"The Literature Review: A Few Tips on Conducting It"

Written by Dena Taylor, Director, Health Sciences Writing Centre,  and Margaret Procter, Coordinator, Writing Support, University of Toronto

Go To: http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html


 

Scholar Reading"Using Literature to Support Research"

Chapter 11. Excerpted from Dawn Burton, (ed.) Research Training for Social Scientists. Sage. London. 2000. pp. 135-152

Go To: Burton: Chapter 11
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Falling Books"Carrying Out a Literature Review"  Chapter 12.
Excerpted From:  Gina Wisker, the Postgraduate Research Handbook: Succeed with Your MA, MPhil.,EdD and PhD. Palgrave, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. 2001. pp. 127-136.

Go To: Wisker, Chapter 12.
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BookSurfer"Jim's Research Resources Collection"

Bare Bones Research Tutorial, Case Analysis Methodology, Choosing a Research
Topic,Citing Resources, Copyright Information, Evaluating Internet Resources, Grant
Writing, Internet Research, Social Research Methodology, UC Berkeley Web
Research Methodology.

Go To:  Research Resources

 
 
 


 
 

ManFlyingBookCiting Sources: a Beginning

My Own Collection of Resources to Aid the Researcher on Such Diverse Topics As: Citations, Style Manuals, Publishing Formats, and Writing Workshop Resources.

Go To: Citing Sources


 
 

ManSleepingUnderBookMore Citation and Style Guides

State University New York (SUNY) at New Paltz -The Sojourner Truth Library

Go To: SUNY New Paltz' Sojourner Truth Library

 
 
 

Example of a Master's Thesis
(An Example of a Literature Review at the Master's Research Level)

A Master's Thesis by James A. Hageman, Captain, USAF. "An Empirical Analysis of the Impacts of Adoptiing Lean Purchasing and Supplier Management Principles on the Participation of Small Businesses Within the Department Of Defense Aerospace Industry."
Department of the Air Force Air University. Air Force Institute Of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Go To:   Captain Hageman's Master's Thesis

 
 
 

Literature Reviews in Peer Reviewed Journals (a Few Examples)

Go To:   "Strategic Purchasing: A History and Review of the Literature" By Lisa M. Ellram and Amelia Carr April 1,1994, International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management - Spring 1994, pp. 10-18.

Go To: "An Initial Classification of Supply Networks." Richard Lamming, Thomas Johnsen, Jurong Zheng and Christine Harland. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 20 No. 6, 2000, pp. 675-691.

Go To: "Strategic Thinking: A Continuum of Views and Conceptualisation." Tim O'Shannassy. Working Paper No. 99/21 (November 1999). RMIT. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. School of Management.