Doing your literature review : traditional and systematic techniques

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Title:

Doing your literature review : traditional and systematic techniques

Author:

Jesson, Jill.

ISBN:

9781848601536

9781848601543

Personal Author:

Jesson, Jill.

Publication Information:

Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2011.

Physical Description:

xi, 175 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

Preliminaries -- Searching for information -- Reading skills -- From making notes to writing -- traditional review -- Writing up your review -- systematic review -- Meta-analysis -- Referencing and plagiarism -- Further reading -- Critical review checklist -- Systematic review - online resources -- Resources for meta-analysis.

Abstract:

Guides students through the production of either a traditional or a systematic literature review, clearly explaining the difference between the two types of review, the advantages and disadvantages of both, and the skills needed. It gives practical advice on reading and organising [sic] relevant literature and critically assessing the reviewed field. Contents include: Using libraries and the internet ; Note making ; Presentation ; Critical analysis ; and Referencing, plagiarism and copyright.--Derived from book cover.

Subject Term:

Social sciences -- Research.

Added Author:

Matheson, Lydia.

Lacey, Fiona M.

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Summary

The literature review is a compulsory part of research and, increasingly, may form the whole of a student research project. This highly accessible book guides students through the production of either a traditional or a systematic literature review, clearly explaining the difference between the two types of review, the advantages and disadvantages of both, and the skills needed. It gives practical advice on reading and organising relevant literature and critically assessing the reviewed field. Contents include: using libraries and the internet note making presentation critical analysis referencing, plagiarism and copyright.

This book will be relevant to students from any discipline. It includes contributions from two lecturers who have many years experience of teaching research methods and the supervision of postgraduate research dissertations and a librarian, each offering expert advice on either the creation and assessment of literature reviews or the process of searching for information. The book also highlights the increasing importance for many disciplines of the systematic review methodology and discusses some of the specific challenges which it brings.

Jill K. Jesson has worked with multi-disciplinary research teams within the Aston School of Pharmacy, Aston Business School and with M-E-L Research, an independent public services research consultancy. She has now left Aston University and is working as a Consultant.

Lydia Matheson is an Information Specialist working for Library & Information Services at Aston University.

Fiona M. Lacey is an academic pharmacist, a member of the pharmacy practice teaching group in the School of Pharmacy, and Associate Dean in the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston.