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• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Who is this book for?
• How is this book different?
• The rationale and history behind the contributions from researchers and from an information specialist
• Features of the book
• Layout of the book
• Part I Getting Information
• 1 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
• Summary
• 2 Searching For Information
• Introduction
• Developing 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?
• Summary
• 3 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
• Summary
• 4 From Making Notes to Writing
• Introduction
• Note-making
• From notes to writing
• Writing: critical writing and types of argument
• Making a value judgement and bias
• Summary
• PART II Using Information
• 5 The Traditional Review
• Overview of the debate
• Types of review: critical, conceptual state of the art, expert and scoping
• Drawing up an analytical framework – how to sort the material
• Moving to analysis and synthesis
• The presentation of your review
• Summarising the gap – dare to have an opinion
• Summary
• 6 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 judgement
• Summary
• 7 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
• Summary
• 8 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
• Summary
• 9 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
• Appendix 1: Further Reading
• Appendix 2: Critical Review Checklist
• Appendix 3: Systematic Review – Online Resources
• Appendix 4: Resources for Meta-analysis
• Glossary
• References
• Index