Conducting Research Literature Reviews
From the Internet to Paper
Fifth Edition
- Arlene Fink - UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
March 2019 | 304 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Providing readers with an accessible, in-depth look at how to synthesize research literature, Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper is perfect for students, researchers, marketers, planners, and policymakers who design and manage public and private agencies, conduct research studies, and prepare strategic plans and grant proposals. Bestselling author Arlene Fink shows readers how to explain the need for and significance of research, as well as how to explain a study’s findings.
Offering a step-by-step approach to conducting literature reviews, the Fifth Edition features new research, examples, and references from the social, behavioral, and health sciences, expanded coverage of qualitative research, updated and revised meta-analysis procedures, a brand new glossary of key terms, double the number of exercises, and additional examples of how to write reviews.
Offering a step-by-step approach to conducting literature reviews, the Fifth Edition features new research, examples, and references from the social, behavioral, and health sciences, expanded coverage of qualitative research, updated and revised meta-analysis procedures, a brand new glossary of key terms, double the number of exercises, and additional examples of how to write reviews.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
PART I. Research Design and Sampling
Chapter 1: Reviewing the Literature: Why? For Whom? How?
Chapter 2: Searching and Screening: The Practical Screen and Methodological Quality
PART II. Data Collection, Interventions, Analysis, Results, and Conclusions
Chapter 3: Searching and Screening: Methodological Quality
Chapter 4: Doing the Review: A Reader’s Guide Chapter
Chapter 5: What Did You Find? Synthesizing Results
Glossary
Author Index
Subject Index
“Fink’s tone, level, and style is very approachable and understandable which makes it ideal for my students, most of whom are new to the process of literature reviews.”
Oakland University
“This book provides rich, useful, details on conducting literature review & constructing evidenced based reviews.”
Rutgers University Camden
All of the information in this book was a duplicate of the books adopted.
College of Business, Indiana Inst Of Technology
July 23, 2021
Excellent content and easy to follow for novice researchers.
Psychology & Counseling, Texas A & M Univ-Central TX
September 3, 2019