This new interdisciplinary book on preparing and using systematic reviews is the single-best resource on the topic I have encountered. It is exceptionally comprehensive, yet readable and practical. Every human service professional and social scientist who uses the research literature will benefit from reading this great new book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and will consult it frequently
Bruce A. Thyer, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor of Social Work, Florida State University Conducting, structuring and presenting a clear and concise literature review is a challenge for anyone conducting research, from undergraduate level to the ′post-doc.′ This book provides a comprehensive and scholarly guide to the how, what and not least the why of doing literature reviews. It shows the reader how to be critical, a difficult art, in an important section on ′quality assessment′. The authors also explain the vital knack of making the review manageable and finite, discussing ways of avoiding the neatly termed ′scope creep′. Finally, the most important task of all is to synthesise the review to make it a coherent whole - rather than a catalogue-style list of one item after another- and then to write it up in a palatable yet scholarly way. These tasks are explained fully in the final chapters thus completing the full guide to the how, what and why of systematic reviewing. I strongly recommend this text
Professor Jerry Wellington
Head of Research Degrees University of Sheffield
This book offers a comprehensive account on how to conduct a good literature
review. The book is clear and concise. The use of summary boxes and further
reading at the end of each chapter are excellent. This book would suit
students as well as those teaching research methods courses, at all levels
Dr Kalwant Bhopal
Reader in Education
and Director of Social Justice and Inclusive Education Research Centre, University of Southampton
This book fills a long-standing gap in the market for a practical and scholarly guide to planning, carrying out and evaluating a literature review. It places literature review in a position in which it can stand as a credible form of inquiry as part of the research community. The comprehensive content takes the reader through guided exercises and activities in order to systematically build up a useful and valid study. It will be of great value to both postgraduate and doctoral students and to those supervising them
Sue Schutz
Senior Lecturer, Department of Continuing Education, Oxford Brookes University
Andrew Booth is Reader in Evidence-Based Information Practice at the School of Health and Related Research [ScHARR], The University of Sheffield.Diana Papaioannou is a Research Fellow at the School of Health and Related Research [ScHARR], The University of Sheffield.
Anthea Sutton is a Senior Information Specialist at the School of Health and Related Research [ScHARR], The University of Sheffield.
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Clark, I. 2016. Book Review: Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review. Educational Psychology Research and Practice. 2 [2], pp. 67-68. //doi.org/10.15123/uel.84y7v| Clark, I. |
Ian Clark reviews: A. Booth, A. Sutton and D. Papaioannou, 2016, Systematic Approaches to a Successful Literature Review, SAGE Publications, ISBN: 9781473912465 |
| Educational Psychology Research and Practice |
| 2 [2], pp. 67-68 |
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| 2016 |
| School of Psychology, University of East London |
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| //doi.org/10.15123/uel.84y7v |
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| 20 Jan 2017 |
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Chapter 1: Meeting the Review Family: An Overview
What is a Literature Review?
When do I do a literature review?
Why not a literature review?
What is not a literature review?
How do I prepare to do a literature review?
Chapter 2: Getting Started on your Literature Review
Why is the literature review so important?
Why review the literature?
A brief history of research synthesis
What is the place of theory in literature review?
Introducing the SALSA framework
How do I plan and conduct my literature review?
Managing your literature review
Updates to existing reviews
Converting your review to a different format
Chapter 3: Choosing your review methods
Our “Survival Kit” of review options
Chapter 4: Defining your scope
Introduction: Why is defining your scope important?
Further defining your scope
Toolbox - Defining your Scope
Defining your scope: challenges and pitfalls
Chapter 5: Searching the literature
Who should conduct the literature search?
Aims and purpose of literature searching
How to prepare for your review [the scoping search]
How to construct your search strategy
How to search bibliographic databases
How to use supplementary searching
How to manage your references
How to report the search process
Chapter 6: Assessing the evidence base
Assessing your included studies – first steps
Assessing the evidence-base in detail
Chapter 7: Synthesising and analysing quantitative studies
Synthesis-analysis, analysis-synthesis?
Revisiting the review question[s]
Chapter 8: Synthesising and analysing qualitative studies
Overview of approaches to qualitative synthesis
A step-by-step guide to qualitative synthesis
Getting started in qualitative synthesis
Progressing to advanced forms of synthesis
Chapter 9: Synthesising and analysing mixed methods data
Undertaking a Mixed Methods Review
A step-by-step guide to mixed methods synthesis
Points of integration for quantitative and qualitative evidence
On the role of the Narrative Review
Chapter 10: Writing up, presenting and disseminating your review
Considering your audience
A sample review structure
Toolbox for presenting your findings