| Title : | Conducting research literature reviews : from the Internet to paper | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Arlene Fink, Author | | Edition statement: | 2 nd ed. | | Publisher: | Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications | | Publication Date: | 2005 | | Pagination: | xiii, 245 p. | | Layout: | ill. | | Size: | 23 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-412-90904-4 | | General note: | Includes bibliographical references and index | | Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) | | Descriptors: | Bibliography - Methodology
Research - Evaluation
| | Class number: | 001.4 | | Abstract: | “Conducting research literature reviews"- "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Research Literature Reviews, Second Edition shows readers how to identify, interpret, and analyze published and unpublished research literature.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• Dealing with unpublished studies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 reviews
• How to understand and evaluate the principles of meta-analysis
New to the Second Edition:
• Flow diagrams to assist the reader in linking each step of the review to the contents of each chapter
• New references and other online resources, including links to online literature reviews and meta-analyses
• Guidance in choosing online public and private bibliographic databases for literature reviews
• Tips for searching the web for research information
The text also discusses the use of Boolean operators for simple and advanced searches and shows readers how to use bibliographic software to organize literature reviews and search “The Virtual File Cabinet.” It also describes how to synthesize the literature as a stand-alone report or as a component of a paper or proposal.
This book is intended for anyone wants to research social, health, educational, and business issues. It is 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. Praise for the First Edition
"There is finally a book available that removes the mystery and guesswork from doing literature reviews. This is especially important for both graduate and undergraduate levels if you are asking the students to make judgments about the quality and applicability of articles they may read. This book is not only timely but also a valuable way to help students evaluate articles they find on the Internet | | Contents note: | Reviewing the Literature: Why? For Whom? How?; What is a Research Literature Review? Why Do One?; Write Proposals for Funding; Write Proposals for Academic Degrees; Describe and Explain Current Knowledge to Guide Professional Practice; Identify Effective Research and Development Methods; Identify Experts to Help Interpret Existing Literature and Identify; Unpublished Sources of Information; Identify Funding Sources and Works-in-Progress; Satisfy Personal Curiosity; Gaining Control: Experiments and Observations; An Experimental Study; An Observational Study; Choosing an Online Bibliographic Database; Public and Private Online Databases; Systematic, Explicit and Reproducible: Three Key Words; What Exactly Do You Need to Find?; How Do You Search for What You Need to Find? Key Words, Descriptors, Identifiers and the Thesaurus; Research Questions and Key Words; The Thesaurus as a Source: When is Enough Really Enough? Key Words or Thesaurus: Chicken or Egg?; Even More Search Terms: Authors, Titles, Title Words, Journals and Then Some?Limiting the Search; How Do You Ask for Information? Searching with Boolean Operators Pausing during the Search; Changing the Course of the Search; Supplementing the Online Search; Review References in High Quality Studies; Is Everything Worthwhile Published?; Bring in the Experts; Cautiously Approach the Web; Standards for Believing Web Sites; Organizing the Research Literature: Building a Virtual Filing Cabinet; Summary of Key Points; Online Literature Reviews; Searching and Screening: The Practical Screen and Methodological Quality (Part 1: Research Design and Sampling) A Reader?s; Practical Screen; Methodological Quality Screen?; Research Design and Sampling; Criterion for Quality: Research Design; Experimental Designs in Brief; Concurrent Controls and Random Assignment: True Experiments Random Selection and Random Assignment; Concurrent Controls without Random Assignment: Quasi
Experiments; Self-Controls; Historical Controls; Observational Designs in Brief; Cohort Designs; Case Control Designs; Cross Sectional Studies; Consensus Statements; Books; Internal and External Validity; Internal Invalidity: A Checklist of Threats to a Study?s ; Accuracy; External Invalidity: A Checklist of Risks to Avoid Criterion for Quality: Sampling; What is a Sample?; Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria or Eligibility of Sample; Methods of Sampling; Simple Random Sampling; Systematic Sampling; Stratified Sampling; Cluster Sampling; The Sampling Unit; The Size of the Sample; Response Rate; A Checklist to Use in Evaluating the Quality of Study Design and Sampling; Summary of Key Points; Searching and Screening: Methodological Quality (Part 2?Data Collection, Interventions, Analysis, Results, and Conclusions A Reader?s Guide; Data Collection and Data Sources: Methods and Measures; Reliability; Validity; A Checklist to Use in Evaluating Reliability and Validity Interventions and Programs: Reviewing the Research Literature to Find out What Works; A Checklist for Appraising the Quality of Program Descriptions; Information Analysis: Statistical Methods in the Research Literature; Questions to Ask in Evaluating Information Analysis; Statistical Methods and What to Look For: An Overview; Questions Answered in Selecting Statistical Methods; Independent and Dependent Variables; Measurement Scales and Their Data; Statistical and Practical Significance; Confidence Intervals; Which Analysis Method is Best?; A Checklist to Use in Evaluating a Study?s Data Analysis; The Results; A Checklist to Use in Evaluating a Study?s Results Conclusions; A Checklist to Use in Evaluating a Study?s Conclusions; Reviewing Qualitative Research: A Special Note; Summary of Key Points; Doing the Review; A Reader?s Guide; Types of Information Collection: Methods and Content; Eligibility and Actuality; Reliable and Valid Reviews; Measuring Reliability: The Kappa Statistic; Uniform Data Collection: The Literature Review Survey; uestionnaire; Uniform Data Collection: Definitions, etc.; Training Reviewers; Pilot Testing the Review Process; Establishing Validity; Monitoring Quality; Collecting Information from the Literature: A Checklist; Summary of Key Points; Exercises; References; What Did You Find? Synthesizing Results; Now that You Have Done It, What Do You Do with It?; Describe Current Knowledge; Support the Need For and Significance of New Research; Explain Research Findings; Describe the Quality of Current Research; Descriptive Syntheses or Reviews; Examples of Descriptive Literature Reviews; Meta-Analysis; What to Look for in a Meta-Analysis: The Seven Steps; Effect Size; Pooling Results: A Case Study; Statistical Interlude; Risks and Odds; Relative Risks (Risk Ratios) and Odds Ratios; Combining Studies; Fixed versus Random Effects; Cumulative Meta-Analyses; Large Studies versus Meta-Analysis of Smaller Trials: Comparing; Results; Supporters and Critics; Meta-Analysis in Practice: Examples; Summary; Exercises; References; Index; About the Author; | | Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=13757 |
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