Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy: The Matrix Method
ISBN: 9780763771867 | 0763771864
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: JONES & BARTLETT PUBLISHERS
Pub. Date: 4/1/2010
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Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy helps students and practitioners better understand scientific literature by instilling the essential skills (via the matrix method) needed to critically evaluate article findings. The fundamental principles of searching, organizing, reviewing, and synthesizing are covered at the most basic level. Visual examples and a single case study are woven throughout the text. This easy-to-read and practical reference is an invaluable aid to students, researchers, and practitioners.
The Thi... MORE has been completely revised and updated to reflect the switch out of "paper" mode and into electronic mode. Clinical practice examples and references to PubMed and PubMed Central have been added throughout along with information on reference management softwares such as endnote and refworks.
Research/Theory
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Covers fundamental principles of searching, organizing, reviewing, and synthesizing health sciences literature; and reflects the switch from paper to electronic mode. Includes how to create a paper trail and how to construct a review matrix. For clinicians. Previous edition: c2007. Softcover. DNLM: Review Literature as Topic.
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Fundamentals of a Literature Review | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Review of the Literature | p. 4 |
| Well Beyond Index Cards | p. 5 |
| To Own the Literature | p. 7 |
| Research Synthesis: Historical Perspective | p. 8 |
| The Matrix Method: Definition and Overview | p. 17 |
| Review Matrix: A Versatile Tool | ... MOREp. 18 |
| Overview of Chapters and Appendices | p. 20 |
| References to Websites | p. 22 |
| Caroline's Quest: Understanding the Process | p. 23 |
| Basic Concepts | p. 29 |
| Source Materials Defined | p. 30 |
| Different Kinds of Source Materials | p. 30 |
| Anatomy of a Scientific Paper---Finding what you need in a Typical Research Paper | p. 36 |
| Guidelines for a Methodological Review of the Literature | p. 42 |
| Caroline's Quest: Learning the Concepts | p. 55 |
| The Matrix Method | p. 59 |
| Paper Trail: How to Plan and Manage a Search of the Literature | p. 61 |
| What Is a Paper Trail? | p. 62 |
| How to Create a Paper Trail | p. 62 |
| How to Find Source Materials: Creating and Using a Paper Trail | p. 65 |
| Tips on Searching for Source Documents | p. 81 |
| Caroline's Quest: Managing the Search | p. 84 |
| Documents Folder: How to Select and Organize Documents for Review | p. 95 |
| How to Select the Documents for your Review | p. 96 |
| What Is a Documents Folder? | p. 97 |
| How to Organize a Documents Folder | p. 99 |
| How to Remember where you put the Documents | p. 99 |
| Caroline's Quest: Assembling a Documents Folder | p. 101 |
| Review Matrix: How to abstract the Research Literature | p. 105 |
| What is a Review Matrix? | p. 106 |
| How to Construct a Review Matrix | p. 107 |
| How to Arrange Documents for use in a Review Matrix | p. 108 |
| How to Choose Column Topics for a Review Matrix | p. 108 |
| How to Abstract Documents in a Review Matrix | p. 113 |
| Fringe Benefits of the Abstracting Process | p. 118 |
| Caroline's Quest: Constructing a Review Matrix | p. 121 |
| Synthesis: How to use a Review Matrix to Write a Synthesis | p. 127 |
| What Is a Synthesis? | p. 128 |
| How to Use a Review Matrix to Write a Synthesis | p. 129 |
| Caroline's Quest: Writing a Synthesis | p. 134 |
| Applications Using the Matrix Method | p. 139 |
| A Library of Lit Review Master Folders | p. 141 |
| What Is a Library of Lit Review Master Folders? | p. 142 |
| How to Create a Library of Lit Review Master Folders | p. 142 |
| How to Use a Library of Lit Review Master Folders | p. 144 |
| Making the Most of the Matrix Method | p. 145 |
| Caroline's Quest: Building her Own Library of Lit Review Master Folders | p. 151 |
| The Matrix Indexing System | p. 153 |
| What Is the Matrix Indexing System? | p. 154 |
| How to Set up a Matrix Indexing System | p. 154 |
| How to Expand the Documents Folder | p. 161 |
| How to Update a Literature Review Efficiently | p. 162 |
| Caroline's Quest: Using the Matrix Indexing System | p. 163 |
| Matrix Applications by Health Sciences Professionals | p. 165 |
| What are Matrix Applications? | p. 166 |
| How to Use Matrix Applications in a Research Project | p. 167 |
| How to Use Matrix Applications in a Meta-Analysis | p. 169 |
| How to Use Matrix Applications in Practice Guidelines | p. 170 |
| How to Use Matrix Applications in Evidence-Based Medicine | p. 172 |
| Caroline's Quest: Matrix Applications in a Nonscientific Setting | p. 174 |
| Useful Resources for Literature Reviews | p. 181 |
| Structure of Computer Folders for the Matrix Method | p. 193 |
| Index | p. 201 |
| About the Author | p. 211 |
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