Fink, Arlene <br/><br/>
Conducting Research literature reviews :   From the internet to paper / 
Arlene Fink. 
 - 2nd 
 - California :  SAGE pub.,  2005. 
 - xiii, 243 p.:  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes bibliographic references and index 
<br/><br/>Reviewing the Literature: Why? For Whom? How?; Searching and Screening: The Practical Screen and Methodological Quality (Part 1: Research Design and Sampling); Searching and Screening: Methodological Quality (Part 2-Data Collection, Interventions, Analysis, Results, and Conclusions); Doing the Review; What did you Find?: Synthesizing Results. 
<br/><br/> 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Research Literature Reviews, Second Edition shows readers how to identify, interpret, and analyze published and unpublished research literature.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 Dealing with unpublished studies.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 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1-4129-0904-x 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Research--Methodology<br/>Research--Evaluation<br/>Bibliography--Methodology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>001.42 F49c c2005