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Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review

• Andrew Booth - The University of Sheffield, UK
• Anthea Sutton - The University of Sheffield, UK
• Mark Clowes - Sheffield University, UK
• Marrissa Martyn-St James - Sheffield University, UK
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The perfect project support for any social sciences student, this edition also includes a new chapter on analysing mixed methods research.

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Student Resources (Free to access) A literature review starter template to demonstrate the sections you need to include for a successful written review. A source credibility checklist to help you assess and think critically about the sources you choose. A source tracker template to help you keep track of your sources and know what you need to include in your audit trail. A downloadable exercise workbook and suggested answers.  A collated list of tried-and-tested tools , including freely available technologies to help you search databases efficiently, plan your work, and keep track of references. A project diary template and example. A complete glossary of terms. Instructor Resources (Log-in needed) PowerPoint slide templates including 10-15 slides per chapter, which can be downloaded and customized for use in your own presentations.

The Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review (third edition) by Andrew Booth, Anthea Sutton, Mark Clowes and Marrissa Martyn-St James is a comprehensive overview of the entire evidence synthesis process – from selecting the appropriate method for an evidence synthesis topic all the way to the analysis and dissemination of the review. This book is of relevance to anyone interested in evidence synthesis – from trainees to researchers to decision-makers. Anyone can learn something from this book, whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advance researcher in evidence synthesis. This book is perfect for university-level courses or for anyone interested in evidence synthesis. The exercises, toolbox, key learning points, and frequently asked questions were particularly helpful in advancing my learning.

For our masters level students doing their literature review dissertation this provides effective guidance in approaching their work in a systematic fashion.

Great resource. Easy to read, with helpful tables and diagrams that catch the students' attention and they find easy to recall. The examples and up-to-date links to external sources are also invaluable springboards for the students.

Post-COVID many more students prefer to use the electronic versions of books and the library is also keen to adopt more books in this format, so this is very helpful to enable the maximum number of students to access the helpful text with easy to follow guidance .

I have put this at the top of my reading list for my module on evidence based practice which is like a mini dissertation for level 5 students. It is a comprehensive read and sets out the stages involved in a successful literature review. My students have a problem with this part of the module and this book is a godsend

This book is very important for students to understand how to do an in-depth literature review as a support and motivation for their research.

I did not receive an inspection copy to use

Good comprehensive text - easy to follow

Very clear and useful

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• 1. The literature review : its role within research
• 2. Systematic approaches to the literature
• 3. Planning and writing a literature review
• 4. Defining the scope
• 5. Searching the literature
• 6. Assessing the evidence base
• 7. Synthesising included studies
• 8. Analysing the findings
• 9. Writing up and presenting data
• 10. Managing the literature project.

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• Learning outcomes • The nature of a literature review • Identifying the main subject and themes • Reviewing previous research • Emphasizing leading research studies • Exploring trends in the literature • Summarizing key ideas in a subject area • Summary A literature review is usually regarded as being an essential part of student projects, research studies and dissertations. This chapter examines the reasons for the importance of the literature review, and the things which it tries to achieve. It also explores the main strategies which you can use to write a good literature review.

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Background: Literature reviews play a significant role in healthcare practice. There are different types of reviews available depending on the nature of the research question and the extent of reviewing that is conducted. In this article, we have summarized the major types of literature reviews, their strength and weakness, and provide representative examples. Methods: We have examined the different types of common reviews that have been used in the health research literature. We collected the information on these review types and have summarized them with providing corresponding examples. Results: We have discussed the major types of reviews: literature review, critical review, scoping review, systematic review, meta-analysis, qualitative systematic review, realist review, and review of reviews. We have mentioned the usability, strengths and weaknesses, utilizing the Search, Appraisal, Synthesis, Analysis (SALSA) framework, and have provided corresponding examples for each of these types of reviews in different tables. Conclusion: This article is a summary of different types of reviews and their implication in practice. This paper is thus intended for beginners who want to know about literature reviews. Introduction Literature reviews are becoming more and more important and favoured in the evidencebased practice (EBP) of health and social care 1. Healthcare professionals require updated information regarding research and development to inform their practice. However, with such large amounts of materials being published, it is impossible for anyone to cover every single piece of information or evidence on any given topic. A literature review thus gives audiences the opportunity to have summarized information on any topic without reading all of the evidence published in that specific area. Although the culture of the review article began more than two centuries ago, it wasn't until the 20th century that an explicit method was devised to carry out review research 2. In addition, the emergence of EBP instigated more rigorous and quality controlled approaches of review articles so that the synthesized summary results could be utilized with confidence 3 .

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A literature review can be an informative, critical, and useful synthesis of a particular topic. It can identify what is known (and unknown) in the subject area, identify areas of controversy or debate, and help formulate questions that need further research. There are several commonly used formats for literature reviews, including systematic reviews conducted as primary research projects; reviews written as an introduction and foundation for a research study, such as a thesis or dissertation; and reviews as secondary data analysis research projects. Regardless of the type, a good review is characterized by the author’s efforts to evaluate and critically analyze the relevant work in the field. Published reviews can be invaluable, because they collect and disseminate evidence from diverse sources and disciplines to inform professional practice on a particular topic. This directed reading will introduce the learner to the process of conducting and writing their own literature review.

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Frances Slack

This article offers support and guidance for students undertaking a literature review as part of their dissertation during an undergraduate or Masters course. A literature review is a summary of a subject field that supports the identification of specific research questions. A literature review needs to draw on and evaluate a range of different types of sources including academic and professional journal articles, books, and web-based resources. The literature search helps in the identification and location of relevant documents and other sources. Search engines can be used to search web resources and bibliographic databases. Conceptual frameworks can be a useful tool in developing an understanding of a subject area. Creating the literature review involves the stages of: scanning, making notes, structuring the literature review, writing the literature review, and building a bibliography .

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The ability to conduct an explicit and robust literature review by students, scholars or scientists is critical in producing excellent journal articles, academic theses, academic dissertations or working papers. A literature review is an evaluation of existing research works on a specific academic topic, theme or subject to identify gaps and propose future research agenda. Many postgraduate students in higher education institutions lack the necessary skills and understanding to conduct in-depth literature reviews. This may lead to the presentation of incorrect, false or biased inferences in their theses or dissertations. This study offers scientific knowledge on how literature reviews in different fields of study could be conducted to mitigate against biased inferences such as unscientific analogies and baseless recommendations. The literature review is presented as a process that involves several activities including searching, identifying, reading, summarising, compiling, analysing, interpreting and referencing. We hope this article serves as reference material to improve the academic rigour in the literature review chapters of postgraduate students' theses or dissertations. This article prompts established scholars to explore more innovative ways through which scientific literature reviews can be conducted to identify gaps (empirical, knowledge, theoretical, methodological, application and population gap) and propose a future research agenda.

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Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review 1st Edition

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Reviewing the literature is an essential part of every research project. This book takes you step-by-step through the process of approaching your literature review systematically, applying systematic principles to a wide range of literature review types. Through numerous examples, case studies, and exercises, the book covers often neglected areas of literature review such as concept analysis, scoping, and mapping.

• ISBN-10 9780857021359
• ISBN-13 978-0857021359
• Edition 1st
• Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date January 24, 2012
• Language English
• Dimensions 6.75 x 1 x 9.25 inches
• Print length 288 pages
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Conducting, structuring and presenting a clear and concise literature review is a challenge for anyone conducting research, from undergraduate level to the ′post-doc.′ This book provides a comprehensive and scholarly guide to the how, what and not least the why of doing literature reviews. It shows the reader how to be critical, a difficult art, in an important section on ′quality assessment′. The authors also explain the vital knack of making the review manageable and finite, discussing ways of avoiding the neatly termed ′scope creep′. Finally, the most important task of all is to synthesise the review to make it a coherent whole - rather than a catalogue-style list of one item after another- and then to write it up in a palatable yet scholarly way. These tasks are explained fully in the final chapters thus completing the full guide to the how, what and why of systematic reviewing. I strongly recommend this text Professor Jerry Wellington Head of Research Degrees University of Sheffiel d

This book offers a comprehensive account on how to conduct a good literature

review. The book is clear and concise. The use of summary boxes and further

reading at the end of each chapter are excellent. This book would suit

and Director of Social Justice and Inclusive Education Research Centre, University of Southampton

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ SAGE Publications Ltd; 1st edition (January 24, 2012)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780857021359
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0857021359
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 1 x 9.25 inches
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