Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper
October 22, 2010 by admin
Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper
The Third Edition of Conducting Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper provides readers with an accessible but in-depth look at how to synthesize research literature. Bestselling author Arlene Fink shows researchers how to justify the need for and significance of research, and explain a study’s findings.
Key Updates to the Third Edition
- Presents nearly a hundred new online examples and references from the social, behavioral, and health sciences
- Offers a revised and updated list of online articles databases
- Includes case studies in the use of major online databases
- Expands the exercises at the end of the chapter to include more online searching
- Clarifies some of the basic concepts of research that are essential in making judgments about the quality of research methods
- Incorporates more examples and clearer explanations of the differences between research design validity (internal and external) and measurement validity
- Introduces the major formal systems for evaluating the literature’s methodological quality
- Provides more qualitative research examples and information on how to evaluate their quality
- Illustrates in greater detail how to write up reviews and how others have done it
- Contains nearly 100 Power Point Slides linked to each of the five chapters available at www.fink3einstr to qualified instructors who adopt the book
The text also discusses the use of Boolean operators for simple and advanced searches, tells readers how to use bibliographic software to organize literature reviews and search “The Virtual File Cabinet.”
Intended Audience
This text is for graduate students in the social science, health, educational, and business fields. It is also appropriate for anyone who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and/or prepare strategic plans and grant proposals.
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Review by Jack Burton for Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper
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As part of my educational requirements, I was required to write a literature review. While I understood what that meant, the nuts and bolts of doing so was overwhelming to me. Thankfully, I found this title on Amazon. I found this book to be incredibly useful in writing my literature review. What seemed to be the most important factor was that this book lays out a step-by-step plan in writing the review, and what exactly must be done. Additionally, the book de-mystifies the idiosyncrasies of writing style when writing one of these. I firmly think that if I had not found this title, I would have had a much more difficult time writing my review. Highly recommended!
Review by Midwest Book Review for Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper
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Now in its second edition, Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From The Internet To Paper is an informative guide to identifying, interpreting, and analyzing published and unpublished research literature. Checklists, sample cases, exercises and more illustrate the intricate difficulties and useful methodologies for selecting questions that will make the review most effective, identifying the most appropriate databases, setting inclusion and exclusion criteria, conducting and evaluating descriptive literature reviews, and more. The second edition offers new features including tips for searching the web for research information, flow diagrams to aid the reader in applying each step of the review, new references and other online resources. A scholarly and extremely practical guide especially for students and professionals in need of a strict process to sift through the dross and find the hidden gold within the information highway.
Review by Midwest Book Review for Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper
Rating:
Now in its second edition, Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From The Internet To Paper is an informative guide to identifying, interpreting, and analyzing published and unpublished research literature. Checklists, sample cases, exercises and more illustrate the intricate difficulties and useful methodologies for selecting questions that will make the review most effective, identifying the most appropriate databases, setting inclusion and exclusion criteria, conducting and evaluating descriptive literature reviews, and more. The second edition offers new features including tips for searching the web for research information, flow diagrams to aid the reader in applying each step of the review, new references and other online resources. A scholarly and extremely practical guide especially for students and professionals in need of a strict process to sift through the dross and find the hidden gold within the information highway.