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Resources: Literature Reviews
UPDATED EDITION OF BEST SELLER
CONDUCTING RESEARCH LITERATURE REVIEWS: From the Internet to Paper
FIFTH EDITION
Arlene Fink, University of California at Los Angeles
Providing readers with an accessible, in-depth look at how to synthesize research literature, Conducting Research
Literature Reviews is perfect for those who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research
studies, and prepare strategic plans and grant proposals. The author shows readers how to explain the need for
and signifi cance of research, as well as how to explain a study's fi ndings. The Fifth Edition features new research,
examples, and references, expanded coverage of qualitative research, updated and revised meta-analysis procedures,
a new glossary of key terms, double the number of exercises, and additional examples of how to write reviews.
CONTENTS 1: Reviewing the Literature: Why? For Whom? How? / RESEARCH DESIGN AND SAMPLING / 2: Searching and Screening: The Practical
Screen and Methodological Quality / DATA COLLECTION, INTERVENTIONS, ANALYSIS, RESULTS, AND CONCLUSIONS / 3: Searching and Screening:
Methodological Quality / 4: Doing the Review / 5: What Did You Find? Synthesizing Results
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5443-1847-9 • FEBRUARY 2019 • 304 PAGES •
DOING A LITERATURE REVIEW: Releasing the Research Imagination SECOND EDITION
Christopher Hart
The ultimate guide to the "what," "how," and "why" of literature reviewing, the Second Edition of this classic text
shows how the literature review will unlock the full potential of one's research. In combining a critical, philosophical
approach with an expertly selected body of practical examples, Chris Hart's landmark text provides both the intellectual
understanding and the technical skills required to produce sophisticated, robust literature reviews of the very highest
standard.
CONTENTS The research imagination / The purpose of literature reviewing / Classifying and reading research to review / Different types of
literature review / Argumentation analysis / Evidence, evaluation and critical realism / Understanding and analyzing the ways ideas are organized /
Mapping and analyzing ideas / Writing the review
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5264-1921-7 • ©2019 • 352 PAGES •
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AN INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS SECOND EDITION
David Gough • Sandy Oliver • James Thomas, all of University College London, U.K.
Focused on actively using systematic review as method, this book provides clear, step-by-step advice on the logic
and processes of systematic reviewing. Stressing the importance of precision and accuracy, the new edition carefully
balances a need for insightful theory with real-world pragmatism and introduces a wide range of cutting-edge
approaches to research synthesis, including text mining, living reviews, and new ideas in mixed methods reviews (such
as qualitative comparative analysis).
CONTENTS 1. Introducing systematic reviews / 2. Stakeholder perspectives and participation in reviews / 3. Commonality and diversity in reviews
/ 4. Getting started with a review / 5. Finding relevant studies / 6. Describing and analysing studies / 7. Tools and technologies for information
management / 8. Synthesis methods for combining and confi guring textual or mixed methods data / 9. Synthesis: Synthesis methods for combining
and confi guring quantitative data / 10. Developing justifi able evidence claims / 11. Using research fi ndings
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4739-2943-2 • ©2018 • 325 PAGES •
SEVEN STEPS TO A COMPREHENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW: A Multimodal and
Cultural Approach
Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Sam Houston State University • Rebecca Frels, Lamar University
This dynamic guide to doing literature reviews demystifi es the process in seven steps to show researchers how to
produce a comprehensive literature review. Teaching techniques to bring systematic thoroughness and refl exivity to
research, the authors show how to achieve a rich, ethical and refl exive review.
CONTENTS PART I: OVERVIEW / 1. Foundations of the Literature Review / 2. The Literature Review / 3. Methodology of the Literature Review /
PART II: EXPLORATION / 4. Step 1: Exploring Beliefs and Topics / 5. Step 2: Initiating the Search / 6. Step 3: Storing and Organizing Information /
7. Step 4: Selecting/Deselecting Information / 8. Step 5: Expanding the Search: Media, Observation(s), Documents, Experts and Secondary Data
/ PART III: INTEGRATION / 9. Step 6: Analyzing and Synthesizing Information / PART IV: COMMUNICATION / 10. Step 7: Presenting the CLR Report:
Planning Phase / 11. Step 7: Presenting the CLR Written Report
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4462-4892-8 • ©2017 • 440 PAGES •
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