Conducting Research Literature Reviews

From the Internet to Paper

Author: Arlene Fink
ISBN: 9781412909044

`This is a great book for students, both for classroom use and to keep on their bookshelves once they graduate' - Gale Spencer, Binghamton University Conducting Research Literature Reviews, Second Edition shows readers how to identify, interpret, and analyze published and unpublished research literature. Through the use of checklists, case examples, and exercises, author Arlene Fink unravels the intricacies of * Selecting questions to maximize the efficiency of the review * Identifying subject headings and key words for electronic searches * Identifying the most appropriate databases, including supplementing computer and Web-based searches * Dealing with unpublished studies * Setting inclusion and exclusion criteria * Justifying methods for reviewing only the 'highest quality' literature * Preparing a structured literature abstraction form * Ensuring the reliability and validity of the review * Synthesizing and reporting results * Conducting and evaluating descriptive literature revie

Publisher: SAGE
Publish Date: 2005

Subjects: Education / Study Skills

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