Jill Jesson & Lydia Matheson 
Doing Your Literature Review [EPUB ebook] 
Traditional and Systematic Techniques

The literature review is a compulsory part of research and, increasingly, may form the whole of a student research project. This highly accessible book guides students through the production of either a traditional or a systematic literature review, clearly explaining the difference between the two types of review, the advantages and disadvantages of both, and the skills needed. It gives practical advice on reading and organising relevant literature and critically assessing the reviewed field.



Contents include:

•  using libraries and the internet


•  note making


•  presentation


•  critical analysis


•  referencing, plagiarism and copyright.

This book will be relevant to students from any discipline. It includes contributions from two lecturers who have many years experience of teaching research methods and the supervision of postgraduate research dissertations and a librarian, each offering expert advice on either the creation and assessment of literature reviews or the process of searching for information. The book also highlights the increasing importance for many disciplines of the systematic review methodology and discusses some of the specific challenges which it brings.

 

Jill K. Jesson has worked with multi-disciplinary research teams within the Aston School of Pharmacy, Aston Business School and with M-E-L Research, an independent public services research consultancy. She has now left Aston University and is working as a Consultant.

 

Lydia Matheson is an Information Specialist working for Library & Information Services at Aston University.

 

Fiona M. Lacey is an academic pharmacist, a member of the pharmacy practice teaching group in the School of Pharmacy, and Associate Dean in the School of Life and Health Sciences at Aston.

विषयसूची

Introduction

Who is this book for?

How is this book different?

The rationale and history behind the contributions from a researcher and from an information specialist

Features of the book

Layout of the book

PART ONE: GETTING INFORMATION

Preliminaries

What is a literature review?

Terminology used in this book

Different styles of review

Two styles or approaches

A critical approach

Knowledge and literature

Why and when will you need to review the literature?

The research question and the literature review

What is appropriate literature?

Choosing which style of review: a traditional narrative review or a systematic review

Project management

Searching for Information

Introduction

Develop online searches by identifying key words and creating a search record

The range of information sources available for complex searches.

What do you need from a resource to make it appropriate for locating journal articles for your review?

Reading Skills

Introduction

Be analytical in your reading

Where to start

Reading techniques – scan, skim and understand

Reading different types of material

Grey literature: non academic sources and policy reports

Recording and note making

From Making Notes to Writing

Introduction

Note-making

From notes to writing

Writing – critical writing and types of argument

Making a value judgment and bias

PART TWO: USING INFORMATION

The Traditional Review

Overview of the debate

Types of review: critical, conceptual state of the art, expert and scoping

Draw up an analytical framework – how to sort the material

Moving to analysis and synthesis

The presentation of your review

Summarizing the gap – dare to have an opinion.

Writing up Your Review

Overview

A short summary

A self-standing review

Abstract, executive summary and annotated bibliography

Writing the review

Key words or phrases to help you move from stage 1 to stage 2

The ′so what′ question, originality and making a value judgment

The Systematic Review

Overview

Definitions

Development of the review protocol

Formulating the review question

Documenting your progress

Locating studies and sources of information

Selecting studies: inclusion and exclusion criteria

Appraisal – assessing the quality of research

Data extraction

Synthesis, drawing conclusions, what the review shows

Evolving formats of systematic review

Meta- Analysis

Overview

What is meta-analysis?

Can I use meta-analysis to summarise the results of my systematic review?

Undertaking your meta-analysis

Displaying the results of a meta-analysis

Is your meta-analysis free from bias?

Performing a sensitivity analysis

Referencing and Plagiarism

Introduction

Why is referencing important?

What do you need to reference?

How many references should I provide?

When and how to reference

Referencing systems

Where to find citation information you need

Plagiarism

Copyright

Conclusion

Summary

Appendices

Appendix 1: Further reading

Appendix 2: Critical review checklist

Appendix 3: Systematic review online resources

Appendix 4: Resources for meta-analysis

Glossary

लेखक के बारे में

Fiona M. Lacey is a Glasgow
native and graduate in Pharmacy, from Strathclyde University.
She has been a registered pharmacist since 1982, practicing mainly in community
pharmacy. Following a Ph D in pharmacology, she gained post doctoral experience
of R&D as a laboratory scientist in a UK-based multinational pharmaceutical
company. She has been at Aston
University since 1997,
where she has taught various scientific and professional aspects of Pharmacy to
undergraduate and postgraduate students. Her interest in literature review and
the systematic review came through years of supervising student research
projects. She is currently Associate Dean in the School of Life and Health
Sciences at Aston University.