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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Fundamentals of a Literature Review | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Review of the Literature | |
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| Well Beyond Index Cards | |
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| To Own the Literature | |
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| Research Synthesis: Historical Perspective | |
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| The Matrix Method: Definition and Overview | |
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| Review Matrix: A Versatile Tool | |
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| Overview of Chapters and Appendices | |
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| References to Websites | |
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| Caroline's Quest: Understanding the Process | |
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| Basic Concepts | |
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| Source Materials Defined | |
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| Different Kinds of Source Materials | |
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| Anatomy of a Scientific Paper---Finding what you need in a Typical Research Paper | |
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| Guidelines for a Methodological Review of the Literature | |
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| Caroline's Quest: Learning the Concepts | |
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| The Matrix Method | |
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| Paper Trail: How to Plan and Manage a Search of the Literature | |
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| What Is a Paper Trail? | |
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| How to Create a Paper Trail | |
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| How to Find Source Materials: Creating and Using a Paper Trail | |
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| Tips on Searching for Source Documents | |
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| Caroline's Quest: Managing the Search | |
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| Documents Folder: How to Select and Organize Documents for Review | |
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| How to Select the Documents for your Review | |
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| What Is a Documents Folder? | |
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| How to Organize a Documents Folder | |
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| How to Remember where you put the Documents | |
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| Caroline's Quest: Assembling a Documents Folder | |
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| Review Matrix: How to abstract the Research Literature | |
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| What is a Review Matrix? | |
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| How to Construct a Review Matrix | |
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| How to Arrange Documents for use in a Review Matrix | |
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| How to Choose Column Topics for a Review Matrix | |
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| How to Abstract Documents in a Review Matrix | |
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| Fringe Benefits of the Abstracting Process | |
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| Caroline's Quest: Constructing a Review Matrix | |
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| Synthesis: How to use a Review Matrix to Write a Synthesis | |
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| What Is a Synthesis? | |
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| How to Use a Review Matrix to Write a Synthesis | |
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| Caroline's Quest: Writing a Synthesis | |
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| Applications Using the Matrix Method | |
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| A Library of Lit Review Master Folders | |
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| What Is a Library of Lit Review Master Folders? | |
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| How to Create a Library of Lit Review Master Folders | |
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| How to Use a Library of Lit Review Master Folders | |
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| Making the Most of the Matrix Method | |
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| Caroline's Quest: Building her Own Library of Lit Review Master Folders | |
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| The Matrix Indexing System | |
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| What Is the Matrix Indexing System? | |
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| How to Set up a Matrix Indexing System | |
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| How to Expand the Documents Folder | |
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| How to Update a Literature Review Efficiently | |
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| Caroline's Quest: Using the Matrix Indexing System | |
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| Matrix Applications by Health Sciences Professionals | |
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| What are Matrix Applications? | |
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| How to Use Matrix Applications in a Research Project | |
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| How to Use Matrix Applications in a Meta-Analysis | |
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| How to Use Matrix Applications in Practice Guidelines | |
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| How to Use Matrix Applications in Evidence-Based Medicine | |
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| Caroline's Quest: Matrix Applications in a Nonscientific Setting | |
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| Useful Resources for Literature Reviews | |
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| Structure of Computer Folders for the Matrix Method | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |