literature reviewing
Give yourself the tools to succeed!
Give yourself time to think.
A good literature review cannot be done in
6 weeks or 6 easy steps.
​Chris Hart
Testimonials
`This book can provide an excellent framework for bolstering what is often an experiential process - doing a literature review. It is best seen alongside the supervisor, as a guide, through the multidimensional sea of academic literature'
British Educational Research Journal
`I have been waiting for this book for five years. It sets out a number of important dimensions involved in the process of literature review and by clear signposting, diagrams, and examples will help the student to carry out her or his review more systematically. Learning how to carry out a literature review has always entailed the experiential. While this is a the best way of learning, it is only so providing that learning actually takes place during the experience (or by reflection afterwards). This book makes explicit those dimensions which could remain implicit or even missed by the student as they wade through all those books, papers, articles, and print-outs'
Kevin Maguire, Nottingham Trent University
'A brilliant book written in such a wonderful, transparent and understandable style. A real gem that is best in its class. Excellent reference when judging graduate and post-graduate thesis works. Recommended warmly!'
Tigran Haas (Stockholm, Sweden)
'Chris Hart's guide to doing a literature review presents a comprehensive perspective on the literature review as a research tool. While it is addressed to scholars in the social sciences, this book is useful in most areas of design research. Hart discusses the role of literature in research. He explains how reviewing earlier work releases the imagination rather than constraining it. He shows how to classify and read research literature, how to analyze arguments, and how to organize and express ideas. He also teaches the reader useful ways to map and analyze the ideas that each body of literature reveals. Finally, he demonstrates in careful, clear stages how to develop and write the literature review. At each point, Hart develops a serious, well-reasoned explanation that helps the scholar to understand why each step is important and how to do it well'
Professor Ken Friedman (Norwegian School of Management, Oslo, and Denmark's Design School, Copenhagen)
'This book is fantastic and most captivating. It answers all questions on how to produce a comprehensive and high standard literature review across disciplinary and interdisciplinary research fields. It's a bible for those doing a literature review for the first time, and a guide book for those in process. Chris Hart successfully presents several research structures that are essential to follow for producing a distinctive literature review. The book contains seven chapters, encompassing extremely useful examples, and practical advice. The book is also crucial for those in the research field with no exaggerating on the emphasis of the importance it brings to all researchers. An inspiration and true joy to read, this book is far one of the most rewarding experiences for those who wish to engender an exceptional literature review'
Farah Asif
