Conducting research literature reviews : from paper to the Internet.
Arlene Fink.
- London : SAGE, 1998.
- 208p.
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.
This text shows readers how to interpret and analyze published and unpublished research literature. Fink unravels the intricacies of setting inclusion and exclusion criteria and how to identify the most appropriate databases amongst others.
Bibliography--Methodology Research--Evaluation Research--Methodology Social sciences--Methodology Social sciences--Research Society. Biography & non-fiction prose Social research & statistics