Conducting research literature reviews : from paper to the Internet

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Conducting research literature reviews : from paper to the Internet

Arlene Fink

Sage Publications, c1998

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251) and index

Contents of Works

  • Reviewing the literature : Why? For whom? How?
  • Screening for feasibility and quality. Pt. 1. Research design and sampling. Pt. 2. Data collection, interventions, analysis, results, and conclusions
  • Collecting information from the literature
  • What did you find? Summarizing results descriptively and statistically

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Description

This book shows how to interpret and analyze published and unpublished research literature. The author 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the most appropriate databases; including supplementing computer and Web-based searches; identifying and dealing with unpublished studies; setting inclusion and exclusion criteria; justifying methods for reviewing only the `highest quality' literature; preparing a structured literature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 reviews; and, how to understand and evaluate the principles of meta-analysis.

Table of Contents

Reviewing the Literature Why? For Whom? How? Screening for Feasibility and Quality Part One - Research Design and Sampling Screening for Feasibility and Quality Part Two - Data Collection, Interventions, Analysis, Results and Conclusions Collecting Information from the Literature What Did You Find? Summarizing Results Descriptively and Statistically

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