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Conducting research literature reviews : from paper to the Internet / Arlene Fink.

By: Fink, Arlene.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c1998Description: xi, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0761909044 (acidfree paper); 9780761909040; 0761909052 (pbk. : acid-free paper); 9780761909057.Subject(s): Bibliography -- Methodology | Research -- Evaluation | Research -- Methodology | Study & learning skills: general | Social research & statistics | SocietyDDC classification: 001.42 FIN
Contents:
Reviewing the literature : Why? For whom? How? -- Screening for feasibility and quality. Pt. 1. Research design and sampling. Pt. 2. Data collection, interventions, analysis, results, and conclusions -- Collecting information from the literature -- What did you find? Summarizing results descriptively and statistically.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book shows how to interpret and analyze published and unpublished research literature.

The author 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the most appropriate databases; including supplementing computer and Web-based searches; identifying and dealing with unpublished studies; setting inclusion and exclusion criteria; justifying methods for reviewing only the `highest quality′ literature; preparing a structured literature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; and, how to understand and evaluate the principles of meta-analysis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reviewing the literature : Why? For whom? How? -- Screening for feasibility and quality. Pt. 1. Research design and sampling. Pt. 2. Data collection, interventions, analysis, results, and conclusions -- Collecting information from the literature -- What did you find? Summarizing results descriptively and statistically.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Reviewing the Literature
  • Why? For Whom? How?
  • Screening for Feasibility and Quality
  • Part 1 Research Design and Sampling
  • Screening for Feasibility and Quality
  • Part 2 Data Collection, Interventions, Analysis, Results and Conclusions
  • Collecting Information from the Literature
  • What Did You Find? Summarizing Results Descriptively and Statistically

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Arlene Fink (PhD)is Professor of Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles, and president of the Langley Research Institute. Her main interests include evaluation and survey research and the conduct of research literature reviews as well as the evaluation of their quality. Dr. Fink has conducted scores of evaluation studies in public health, medicine, and education. She is on the faculty of UCLA's Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and is a scientific and evaluation advisor to UCLA's Gambling Studies and IMPACT (Improving Access, Counseling & Treatment for Californians with Prostate Cancer) programs. She consults nationally and internationally for agencies such as L'institut de Promotion del la Prévention Secondaire en Addictologie (IPPSA) in Paris, France, and Peninsula Health in Victoria, Australia. Professor Fink has taught and lectured extensively all over the world and is the author of more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and 15 textbooks.