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Introduction | |
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Who is this book for? | |
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How is this book different? | |
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The rationale and history behind the contributions from a researcher and from an information specialist | |
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Features of the book | |
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Layout of the book | |
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Getting Information | |
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Preliminaries | |
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What is a literature review? | |
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Terminology used in this book | |
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Different styles of review | |
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Two styles or approaches | |
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a critical approach | |
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Knowledge and literature | |
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Why and when will you need to review the literature? | |
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The research question and the literature review | |
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What is appropriate literature? | |
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Choosing which style of review: a traditional narrative review or a systematic review | |
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Project management | |
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Searching for Information | |
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Introduction | |
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Develop online searches by identifying key words and creating a search record | |
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The range of information sources available for complex searches. | |
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What do you need from a resource to make it appropriate for locating journal articles for your review? | |
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Reading Skills | |
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Introduction | |
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Be analytical in your reading | |
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Where to start | |
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Reading techniques - scan, skim and understand | |
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Reading different types of material | |
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Grey literature: non academic sources and policy reports | |
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Recording and note making | |
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From Note-Making to Writing | |
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Introduction | |
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Note-making | |
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From notes to writing | |
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Writing - critical writing and types of argument | |
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Making a value judgment and bias | |
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Using Information | |
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The Traditional Review | |
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Overview of the debate | |
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Types of review: critical, conceptual state of the art, expert and scoping | |
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Draw up an analytical framework - how to sort the material | |
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Moving to analysis and synthesis | |
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The presentation of your review | |
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Summarizing the gap - dare to have an opinion. | |
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Writing up Your Review | |
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Overview | |
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a short summary | |
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a self-standing review | |
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Abstract, executive summary and annotated bibliography | |
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Writing the review | |
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Key words or phrases to help you move from stage 1 to stage 2 | |
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The 'so what' question, originality and making a value judgment | |
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Systematic Review | |
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Overview | |
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Definitions | |
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Development of the review protocol | |
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Formulating the review question | |
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Documenting your progress | |
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Locating studies and sources of information | |
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Selecting studies: inclusion and exclusion criteria | |
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Appraisal - assessing the quality of research | |
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Data extraction | |
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Synthesis, drawing conclusions, what the review shows | |
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Evolving formats of systematic review | |
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Meta- Analysis | |
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Overview | |
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What is meta-analysis? | |
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Can I use meta-analysis to summarise the results of my systematic review? | |
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Undertaking your meta-analysis | |
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Displaying the results of a meta-analysis | |
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Is your meta-analysis free from bias? | |
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Performing a sensitivity analysis | |
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Referencing and Plagiarism | |
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Introduction | |
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Why is referencing important? | |
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What do you need to reference? | |
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How many references should I provide? | |
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When and how to reference | |
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Referencing systems | |
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Where to find citation information you need | |
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Plagiarism | |
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Copyright | |
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Conclusion | |
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Summary | |
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Appendices | |
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Further reading | |
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Critical review checklist | |
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Systematic review online resources | |
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Resources for meta-analysis | |
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Glossary | |