Review Literature
Review Literature
Review Literature
Literature?
The review of the literature is defined as a broad, comprehensive, indepth, systematic, and critical review of scholarly publications,
Literature Review?
Determines an appropriate research design/method (instruments, data collection and analysis methods) for answering the research question Determines the need for replication of a well designed study or refinement of a study
Literature Review?
Determines what is known about a subject, concept or problem Determines gaps, consistencies & inconsistencies about a subject, concept or problem
Literature Review?
Generates useful research questions or projects/activities for the discipline Promotes development of protocols & policies related to nursing practice Uncovers a new practice intervention, or gains support for changing a practice intervention
How to review?
The whole process of reviewing includes: a. Searching for literature b. Sorting and prioritising the retrieved literature c. Analytical reading of papers d. Evaluative reading of papers e. Comparison across studies f. Organising the content
Determine concept/issue/topic/problem Conduct computer (and/or hand) search Weed out irrelevant sources before printing Organize sources from printout for retrieval
Literature
of Literature
Primary source: is written by a person(s) who developed the theory or conducted the research Secondary source: is written by a person(s) other than the individual who developed the theory or
Sources
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Most relevant nursing database is: CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature): is accessible at http://www.cinahl.com. MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieved System Online): It is another electronic source of literature review commonly used by nurses..
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PubMed: available at http://www.pubmed.com MedlinePlus: It is the National Library of Medicines web sire for consumer health information. It is available at http://www.medlineplus.gov. Registry of Nursing Research: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing makes this database available through its Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library. Access to this data base been redesigned and made easier for users to obtain evidence and scientific findings from more than 22,00 research article abstracts and conference abstracts. Free access to this database may be found at http://www.nursinglibrary.org
Cochrance Database of System Reviews: Health care related literature can searched from this source at http:/www.cochrane.org. ERIC: A free search may be carried out at http://www.eric.ed.gov PsycINFO: It may be searched at http://www.psychinfo.com Dissertation Abstracts Online: Abstracts or masters and doctoral thesis are available on this electronic database. Online Journals: Following are the web site addresses for journals and magazines are available online. http://www.nsna.org http://www.medbioworld.com http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin http://www.eaa-knowledge.com/ojni/# http://www.nursingweek.com
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Other Online Database: Many other online database be searched free by nurses from following Web sites: http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov (HIV/AIDS Information) http://www.hazmap.nlm.nih.gov (Hazardous Agents Information) http://www.child.nih.gov (Combined Health Information Database) http://www.toxinet.nlm.nih.gov (Toxicology Database Network) Cancer Lit (Cancer Literature) EMBASE (The Except a Medic database) ETOH (Alcohol & Alcohol problems science database) Health STAR research) (Health Services Technology administration and
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Printed sources
Printed research summary may be located from
International Journals
Nursing Research Research in Nursing and Health Nursing Sciences Quarterly Clinical Nursing Research Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing Journal of Qualitative Research American Journal of Nursing International Journal of Nursing Studies
National Journals The Nursing Journal of India International Journal of Nursing Education Journal of cardiovascular nursing Journal of advance nursing Journal of symptoms and signs
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of the Literature
1. Does the literature review uncover gaps or inconsistencies in knowledge? 2. How does the review reflect critical thinking? 3. Are all the relevant concepts and variables included in the review? 4. Dose the summary of each reviewed study reflect the essential components of the study design?
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10. Did the organization of the reviewed studies (i.e. chronologically, or according to concepts/variables, or type/design of study) follow logically, enhancing the ability of the reader to evaluate the need for the particular research or non research project?
11. Does the literature review follow the purpose(s) of the study or non research project?
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References
Afolabi, M. 'The review of related literature in research' International journal of information and library research, 1992;4(1): 59-66.
Bourner, T. 'The research process: four steps to success', in Greenfield, T. (ed), Research methods: guidance for postgraduates, Arnold, London, 1996.
Bruce, C. S. 'Information skills coursework for postgraduate students: investigation and response at the Queensland University of Technology' Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1990;21(4):224-232. Bruce, C. 'When enough is enough: or how should research students delimit the scope of their literature review?, in Challenging the Conventional Wisdom in Higher Education: Selected Contributions Presented at the Ninteeth Annual National Conference and Twenty-First Birthday Celebration of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc., HERDSA, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1993:435-439. Bruce, C. S. 'Research student's early experiences of the dissertation literature review' Studies in Higher Education, 1994;19(2):217-229. Bruce, C. 'Supervising literature reviews', in Zuber-Skerritt, O. and Ryan, Y. (eds), Quality in postgraduate education, Kogan Page, London, 1994.
Bruce, C. S. 'From Neophyte to expert: counting on reflection to facilitate complex conceptions of the literature review', in Zuber-Skerritt, O. (ed), Frameworks for postgraduate education, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, 1997.