Conducting research literature reviews - Arlene G. Fink

Ideal for students, researchers, marketers, planners, and policymakers who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and prepare strategic plans and grant proposals, this new edition includes:

- Nearly a hundred online examples and references from the social, behavioural, and health sciences

- A revised and updated list of online articles databases

- Case studies in the use of major online databases (e.g., the Web of Science)

- Expansion of the exercises at the end of the chapter to include more online searching

- Clarification of some of the basic concepts of research that are essential in making judgments about the quality of research methods

- Explanation of the major available formal systems (such as CONSORT, TREND, PRISMA) for evaluating the literature's transparency and quality

- More qualitative research examples and guidelines and checklists for evaluating their quality

- Discussion and examples of mixed-methods research

- Additional examples of how to write up reviews and how others have done it.