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| Doing a Literature Review: Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination (Published in association with The Open University) | 
 enlarge | Author: Christopher Hart
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
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Customer Ratings:  9 comments
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 230
Shipping Weight (pounds): 1.1
Dimensions (inch): 9.6 x 7.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0761959750
Dewey Decimal Number: 300.72
EAN: 9780761959755
Publication Date: March 1, 1999
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 not for the beginners February 1, 2008
0 out of 2 found this comment useful.
I bought this book because it was in the medical school bookshop, and I was looking for something about literature review. However, this book is written for people in the social sciences. It has a limited value for someone in clinical research.
There are however some good things, it opens the mind to a different aspect in writing reviews. I am sure I have gained some knowledge from it but it was time consuming. It is well written and has examples.
It will not tremendously help people in clinical research.
A good guide on how to analyze ideas and synthesize new ones May 1, 2007
7 out of 9 found this comment useful.
Hart's material will benefit anyone who needs to develop and demonstrate their expertise on a topic. He describes how the review contributes to the defense of a research topic and its findings, at the master's and doctoral levels. He presents examples of what thesis and dissertation boards look for in research proposals and papers.
The book describes techniques to extract clues about theories and methods a researcher used. Hart provides excellent guidance on how to analyze the literature on a topic, develop a map of ideas, and synthesize a new contribution.
Anyone who wants to develop their skills as a researcher, or student, should definitely purchase this book. I also shared many of this book's insights with my friends, who are not researchers.
Although I strongly recommend the book, I only rate it 3 stars. The book is unorganized, and the writing is poor.
In an example from Chapter 4, Hart presents a table of 19 common fallacies. The first column presents the type of fallacy (in no logical or methodical order). He titles the second column "What it is and how to avoid it" but only the first entry presents any "how to avoid it" data. The remaining 18 entries have no advice on avoidance.
I also felt some diagrams present no useful information; and his prose rambles and repeats itself. In short, Hart gives us dynamite information, but it is frustrating to sort through its sloppy presentation.
 Too little for the price February 8, 2007
3 out of 9 found this comment useful.
Foudn the text minimally helpful. Not full of insight but just common sense.
Cost is too high for the return.
Great Resource for the Dissertation August 8, 2005
8 out of 11 found this comment useful.
I found this book to be a great resource as I am doing research for my dissertation. It has helped me to look at the lit review in a new light and has given me several ideas of others avenues to search.
 so good my advisor is going to use it July 17, 2005
10 out of 12 found this comment useful.
This book is great. It has all you need to complete a research paper at any level. I used it for my bachelor's project which, according to my advisor, is equivalent to a Master's thesis in content requirement. My advisor has asked me to lend him the book so he can use it to revise the current research manual supplied by the college. This book is easy to read and has a lot of useful tables and charts.
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