Conducting research literature reviews : from the internet to paper

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Title:

Conducting research literature reviews : from the internet to paper

Author:

Fink, Arlene.

ISBN:

9781452259499

9781483301037

Personal Author:

Fink, Arlene.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Physical Description:

xv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Contents:

Reviewing the literature: Why? For whom? How? -- Searching and screening: the practical screen and methodological quality (Part 1-Research design and sampling) -- Searching and screening: methodological quality (Part 2-Data collection, interventions, analysis, results, and conclusions) -- Doing the review: a reader's guide chapter -- What did you find? Synthesizing results.

Abstract:

"In Conducting Research Literature Reviews, author Arlene Fink providing readers with an accessible, in-depth look at how to synthesize research literature. She shows readers how to explain the need for and significance of research, as well as how to explain a study's findings. Offering a step-by-step approach to conducting literature reviews, this edition has been completely updated to address the online nature of most literature searches."--[book cover].

Subject Term:

Research -- Methodology.

Research -- Evaluation.

Bibliography -- Methodology.

Research Design.

Review Literature as Topic.

Science.

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Ideal for students, researchers, marketers, planners, and policymakers who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and prepare strategic plans and grant proposals, this new edition includes:

- Nearly a hundred online examples and references from the social, behavioural, and health sciences

- A revised and updated list of online articles databases

- Case studies in the use of major online databases (e.g., the Web of Science)

- Expansion of the exercises at the end of the chapter to include more online searching

- Clarification of some of the basic concepts of research that are essential in making judgments about the quality of research methods

- Explanation of the major available formal systems (such as CONSORT, TREND, PRISMA) for evaluating the literature′s transparency and quality

- More qualitative research examples and guidelines and checklists for evaluating their quality

- Discussion and examples of mixed-methods research

- Additional examples of how to write up reviews and how others have done it.