Author: Arlene Fink
Edition: Third Edition
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1412971896
Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper
The Third Edition of Conducting Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper provides readers with an accessible but in-depth look at how to synthesize research literature. Medical books Conducting Research Literature Reviews. Bestselling author Arlene Fink shows researchers how to justify the need for and significance of research, and explain a study’s findings.
Key Updates to the Third Edition
- Presents nearly a hundred new online examples and references from the social, behavioral, and health sciences
- Offers a revised and updated list of online articles databases
- Includes case studies in the use of major online databases
- Expands the exercises at the end of the chapter to include more online searching
- Clarifies some of the basic concepts of research that are essential in making judgments about the quality of research methods
- Incorporates more examples and clearer explanations of the differences between research design validity (internal and external) and measurement validity
- Introduces the major formal systems for evaluating the literature’s methodological quality
- Provides more qualitative research examples and information on how to evaluate their quality
- Illustrates in greater detail how to write up reviews and how others have done it
- Contains nearly 100 Power Point Slides linked to each of the five chapters available at www.sagepub.com/fink3einstr qualified instructors who adopt the book
The text also discusses the use of Boolean operators for simple and advanced searches, tells readers how to use bibliographic software to organize literature reviews and search "The Virtual File Cabinet Medical books Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From The Internet To Paper By Arlene.... author arlene fink format paperback language english publication year 01 04 2009 subject social sciences subject 2 library information science ean 9781412971898 title conducting research literature reviews sku st 1412971896 product category books comics magazines about speedy hen ltd by continuing with this checkout and ordering from speedy hen you are accepting our current terms and conditions details of which can be found by clicking here author biography arlene fink ph d is professor of medic
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Medical Book Conducting Research Literature Reviews
Bestselling author Arlene Fink shows researchers how to justify the need for and significance of research, and explain a study’s findings.
Key Updates to the Third Edition
- Presents nearly a hundred new online examples and references from the social, behavioral, and health sciences
- Offers a revised and updated list of online articles databases
- Includes case studies in the use of major online databases
- Expands the exercises at the end of the chapter to include more online searching
- Clarifies some of the basic concepts of research that are essential in making judgments about the quality of research methods
- Incorporates more examples and clearer explanations of the differences between research design validity (internal and external) and measurement validity
- Introduces the major formal systems for evaluating the literature’s methodological quality
- Provides more qualitative research examples and information on how to evaluate their quality
- Illustrates in greater detail how to write up reviews and how others have done it
- Contains nearly 100 Power Point Slides linked to each of the five chapters available at www.sagepub.com/fink3einstr qualified instructors who adopt the book
The text also discusses the use of Boolean operators for simple and advanced searches, tells readers how to use bibliographic software to organize literature reviews and search "The Virtual File Cabinet.”
Intended Audience
This text is for graduate students in the social science, health, educational, and business fields. It is also appropriate for anyone who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and/or prepare strategic plans and grant proposals.
