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Title: Literature%20Review


1
Literature Review
  • Related Science, Knowledge, and Practice The
    Context of the Study
  • Back to Class 4

2
Where To Begin?
  • When you are looking up your topic, look for any
    source you can find in or out of the nursing
    field
  • There may not be much available in research
    literature, but there may be in other sources
  • Look in theory, history or even fictional
    literature initially, to get material on your
    idea
  • Check various professional indexes and computer
    links
  • Keep a record of everything you read and put it
    where you can find it

3
Why do a Literature Review?
  • It is a source of research ideas it brings the
    problem into sharper focus
  • It is an orientation to what is already known
  • It provides a conceptual context this is the
    way findings contribute to a knowledge base
  • It provides a basis for assessing the feasibility
    of the research
  • It gives information on the research approach

4
What Categories Should be Included in Your
Readings
  • Research reports of findings these are
    available in a variety of sources, texts,
    encyclopedias, reports, conference proceedings,
    publications, and scholarly journals use
    primary sources
  • Substantive studies
  • Analogous studies
  • Theory or conceptual frameworks in nursing
    resources or in general resources any one of
    several could be meaningfully applied since human
    behavior is so complex -

5
What Categories Should be Included in Your
Readings
  • Information for questions and hypotheses from
    other research studies
  • Information about design methods from texts,
    research studies or practicing researchers
  • Information about instruments
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook
  • Tests in Print
  • Information for comparison of findings and
    conclusions

6
What is the scope of the Literature Review?
  • Everything that you read may not be appropriate
    for the written literature review. Many readings
    may only be cited in the bibliography or in other
    parts of the paper, such as the introduction or
    framework.
  • You must have at least 10 data-based research
    articles in the proposal, but again, not all have
    to be addressed in the literature review only
    those which are necessary to make your case for
    your problem and the way you are going to solve
    it.

7
What is the scope of the Literature Review?
  • You must critique the strength and weakness of
    each source
  • You should have mainly primary sources
  • You must summarize or paraphrase material rather
    than using a series of quotes.
  • There must be a concluding paragraph that
    supports that your problem is real and that it
    should be studied within the frame of reference
    that you chose.

8
What are Some Good Sources?
  • http//web.health.gov/healthypeople/
  • http//www.cdc.gov/
  • http//www.ahrq.gov/
  • http//igm.nln.nih.gov/
  • http//apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/
  • Mental Measurements Yearbook (Lupton ref.)
  • Tests in Print ( (Lupton ref.)
  • Tennessee Electronic Library (UTC Lupton site)
  • CINAHL (1956-1982 in book form)

9
What are Some Good Sources?
  • Nursing Studies Index (1900-1959) 4 vol.
  • International Nursing Index
  • Hospital and Health Administration Index
  • Biological Abstracts
  • Chemical Abstracts
  • Nutrition Abstracts and Review
  • Psychological Abstracts
  • Sociological Abstracts
  • Child Development Abstracts
  • Dissertation Abstracts

10
What are Some Good Sources?
  • http//freemedicaljournals.com
  • http//highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.atl
  • http//muhc-ebn.ncgill.ca/EBN_tools.htm
  • http//www.cochrane.org
  • http//www.joannabriggs.edu.au
  • http//www.findarticles.com

11
Some Considerations
  • Your sources should be usable will it serve
    your purpose can you use any of its ideas
  • Dont be put off by statistics. Very little of a
    research report is statistics and you can ask
    someones help
  • If you cant understand a research report, maybe
    its illogical
  • Being able to identify its strengths and
    weaknesses and being able to apply the findings
    makes it usable
  • Your sources should be complete is every part
    of the research process addressed are your
    questions answered
  • Your sources should be consistent can you
    follow the logical progression
  • Use inadequate reports when there are no others

  • Back to Class 4
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