6th Edition
Preparing Literature Reviews Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
SECTION 1: CONCEPTUALIZING. Chapter 1 Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Reviews. Chapter 2 Mixed-methods Literature Reviews. Chapter 3 Selecting a Topic for Review. Chapter 4: Searching for Literature in Professional Journals. Chapter 5 Retrieving and Evaluating Information From the Web. Chapter 6 Evaluating and Interpreting Research Literature. Chapter 7 Applying Theoretical Frameworks. SECTION 2: WRITING. Chapter 8 Taking Notes and Avoiding Unintentional Plagiarism. Chapter 9 Preparing a Topic Outline for the First Draft. Chapter 10 Writing the First Draft: Basic Principles. Chapter 11 Writing the First Draft: Optional Techniques. Chapter 12. Writing the First Draft: Statistical Issues in Qualitative Reviews. Chapter 13 Building Tables to Summarize Literature. Chapter 14 Revising and Refining the First Draft. Chapter 15 Writing Titles and Abstracts. Chapter 16 Preparing a Reference List. Chapter 17 Introduction to Meta-Analysis. Appendix A: Standard Literature Reviews. Appendix B: Qualitative Case Study Literature Reviews.
Biography
M. Ling Pan is the pseudonym for a writer, researcher, and educator with more than twenty years of experience, including over fifteen years in higher education and ten of those in a supervisory role of doctoral dissertations. Dr. Pan earned university tenure as faculty in 2018 and now works freelance in the United States and abroad.
"One of the most important but least taught skills for graduate students is the creation of a solid Literature
Review. Preparing Literature Reviews provides a great single source reference for supporting the
completion of a literature review across multiple disciplines. Its focus and structure make it easy to
consider key concepts fundamental to a quality review. I wish I had known about this book earlier. It
would have saved me and my students a lot of difficult discussions."--Professor Don Klinger, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Education, Murdoch University
