| Edition |
2nd edition |
| Descript. |
xiv, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Basic concepts -- Paper trail: how to plan and manage a search of the literature -- Documents section: how to select and organize documents for review -- How to abstract the research literature -- Synthesis: how to use a review matrix to write a synthesis -- A library of lit review books -- The matrix indexing system -- Matrix applications by health science professionals. |
| Summary |
"Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy: The Matrix Method provides students and practitioners with a concrete understanding of scientific literature by instilling the essential skills needed to evaluate article findings. A multi-part case study, along with visual examples, is woven throughout the text so the reader can relate to the information by seeing it applied to a real-life research scenario. The Second Edition contains increased information on Internet research."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Medical literature -- Research -- Methodology.
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Matrix method (Indexing)
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Medicine -- Abstracting and indexing.
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Information storage and retrieval systems -- Medicine.
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| ISBN |
9780763740047 (pbk.) |
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0763740047 (pbk.) |
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