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| Jill Jesson | Aston University |
| Lydia Matheson | Aston University |
| Fiona M Lacey | Aston University |
| © 2011 | 192 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd |
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| Inspection Copy | ||||
| Individual Purchasers | ||||
| Paperback | ISBN: | 9781848601543 | £20.99 | |
| Hardcover | ISBN: | 9781848601536 | £67.00 | |
| Ebook | ISBN: | 9781446209899 |
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| Introduction | |
| Who is this book for? | |
| How is this book different? | |
| The rationale and history behind the contributions from a researcher and from an information specialist | |
| Features of the book | |
| Layout of the book | |
| PART ONE: GETTING INFORMATION | |
| Preliminaries | |
| What is a literature review? | |
| Terminology used in this book | |
| Different styles of review | |
| Two styles or approaches | |
| A critical approach | |
| Knowledge and literature | |
| Why and when will you need to review the literature? | |
| The research question and the literature review | |
| What is appropriate literature? | |
| Choosing which style of review: a traditional narrative review or a systematic review | |
| Project management | |
| Searching for Information | |
| Introduction | |
| Develop online searches by identifying key words and creating a search record | |
| The range of information sources available for complex searches. | |
| What do you need from a resource to make it appropriate for locating journal articles for your review? | |
| Reading Skills | |
| Introduction | |
| Be analytical in your reading | |
| Where to start | |
| Reading techniques - scan, skim and understand | |
| Reading different types of material | |
| Grey literature: non academic sources and policy reports | |
| Recording and note making | |
| From Making Notes to Writing | |
| Introduction | |
| Note-making | |
| From notes to writing | |
| Writing - critical writing and types of argument | |
| Making a value judgment and bias | |
| PART TWO: USING INFORMATION | |
| The Traditional Review | |
| Overview of the debate | |
| Types of review: critical, conceptual state of the art, expert and scoping | |
| Draw up an analytical framework - how to sort the material | |
| Moving to analysis and synthesis | |
| The presentation of your review | |
| Summarizing the gap - dare to have an opinion. | |
| Writing up Your Review | |
| Overview | |
| A short summary | |
| A self-standing review | |
| Abstract, executive summary and annotated bibliography | |
| Writing the review | |
| Key words or phrases to help you move from stage 1 to stage 2 | |
| The 'so what' question, originality and making a value judgment | |
| The Systematic Review | |
| Overview | |
| Definitions | |
| Development of the review protocol | |
| Formulating the review question | |
| Documenting your progress | |
| Locating studies and sources of information | |
| Selecting studies: inclusion and exclusion criteria | |
| Appraisal - assessing the quality of research | |
| Data extraction | |
| Synthesis, drawing conclusions, what the review shows | |
| Evolving formats of systematic review | |
| Meta- Analysis | |
| Overview | |
| What is meta-analysis? | |
| Can I use meta-analysis to summarise the results of my systematic review? | |
| Undertaking your meta-analysis | |
| Displaying the results of a meta-analysis | |
| Is your meta-analysis free from bias? | |
| Performing a sensitivity analysis | |
| Referencing and Plagiarism | |
| Introduction | |
| Why is referencing important? | |
| What do you need to reference? | |
| How many references should I provide? | |
| When and how to reference | |
| Referencing systems | |
| Where to find citation information you need | |
| Plagiarism | |
| Copyright | |
| Conclusion | |
| Summary | |
| Appendices | |
| Appendix 1: Further reading | |
| Appendix 2: Critical review checklist | |
| Appendix 3: Systematic review online resources | |
| Appendix 4: Resources for meta-analysis | |
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