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Anurag B PatidarLecturer, DMCH College of Nursing

Review ofLiterature


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The review of the literature is defined as a broad, compreh

depth, systematic, and critical review of scholarly publicatio

unpublished scholarly print materials, audiovisual materials,

personal communications

Literature?


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Determines an appropriate researchdesign/method (instruments, data c

and analysis methods) for answering

research question

Determines the need for replication

designed study or refinement of a st

Literature Review


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Determines what is known about a subject, concep

Determines gaps, consistencies & inconsistencies a

subject, concept or problem

Discovers unanswered questions about a subject, c

problem

Describes strengths & weaknesses of designs, meth

and instruments used in earlier works

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Generates useful research questions orprojects/activities for the discipline

Promotes development of protocols & p

related to nursing practice

Uncovers a new practice intervention, o

support for changing a practice interve

Literature Review


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SMM4999 - LITERATURE REVIEW

The whole process of reviewing includes:

a. Searching for literature

b. Sorting and prioritising the retrieved literat

c. Analytical reading of papersd. Evaluative reading of papers

e. Comparison across studies

f. Organising the content

g. Writing the review

How to review


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LiteratureDetermine concept/issue/topic/problem

Conduct computer (and/or hand) search

Weed out irrelevant sources before printing

Organize sources from printout for retrieval

Retrieve relevant sources

Conduct preliminary reading and weed out irrelevant source

Critically read each source (summarize & critique each sou

Synthesize critical summaries


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Primary source: is written by a person(s) who

developed the theory or conducted the res

Secondary source: is written by a person(s) othe

the individual who developed the theory or

conducted the research

of Literature


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All of the theorys concepts or aspects of the study anddefinitions may not be fully presented

If all concepts or aspects are included, the definitions m

collapsed or paraphrased to such a degree that it no lo

represents the theorists actual work

The critique (whether positive or negative) is based on t

presentation of incomplete or interpreted data and the

useful to the consumer

Sources


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Most relevant nursing database is:

CINAHL (Cumulative Index to NuAllied Health Literature): is acchttp://www.cinahl.com.

MEDLINE (Medical Literature AnRetrieved System Online): It iselectronic source of literaturcommonly used by nurses..

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http://www.cinahl.com/http://www.cinahl.com/http://www.cinahl.com/http://www.cinahl.com/http://www.cinahl.com/http://www.cinahl.com/http://www.cinahl.com/http://www.cinahl.com/


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PubMed: available at http://www.pubmed.co

MedlinePlus: It is the National Library ofMedic

sire for consumer health information. It is avhttp://www.medlineplus.gov.

Registry of Nursing Research: Sigma ThInternational Honor Society of Nursing mdatabase available through its Virginia HInternational Nursing Library. Access to this dbeen redesigned and made easier for users evidence and scientific findings from more tresearch article abstracts and conference Free access to this database may be

http://www.nursinglibrary.org

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http://www.pubmed.com/http://www.medlineplus.gov/http://www.nursinglibrary.org/http://www.nursinglibrary.org/http://www.nursinglibrary.org/http://www.nursinglibrary.org/http://www.nursinglibrary.org/http://www.nursinglibrary.org/http://www.nursinglibrary.org/http://www.nursinglibrary.org/http://www.medlineplus.gov/http://www.medlineplus.gov/http://www.medlineplus.gov/http://www.medlineplus.gov/http://www.medlineplus.gov/http://www.medlineplus.gov/http://www.medlineplus.gov/http://www.pubmed.com/http://www.pubmed.com/http://www.pubmed.com/http://www.pubmed.com/http://www.pubmed.com/http://www.pubmed.com/http://www.pubmed.com/


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Cochrance Database of System Reviews: Healthliterature can searched from this source at http:/www.c

ERIC: A free search may be carried out at http://www.e

PsycINFO: It may be searched at http://www.psychinfo Dissertation Abstracts Online: Abstracts or masters and d

are available on this electronic database.

Online Journals: Following are the web site addresses fomagazines 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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http://www.eric.ed.gov/http://www.eric.ed.gov/


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Other Online Database:Many other online database bby nurses from following Web sites:

http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov (HIV/AIDS Information) http://www.hazmap.nlm.nih.gov (Hazardous Agents

http://www.child.nih.gov (Combined Health Informa

http://www.toxinet.nlm.nih.gov (Toxicology Databas

Cancer Lit (Cancer Literature)

EMBASE (The Except a Medic database)

ETOH (Alcohol & Alcohol problems science database)

Health STAR (Health Services Technology admresearch)

Cont


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Printed sources

Printed research summary may be lo

published abstracts such as Nursing Resear

Psychological Abstracts, dissertation

International, Masters Abstract International

Journals: There are several national and

journal scan be used review of resea

literature.

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National Journ

The Nursing JoIndia

International JoNursing Educa

Journal of cardnursing

Journal of adv

nursing Journal of sym

signs

International Journals

Nursing Research

Research in Nursing and

Health Nursing Sciences Quarterly

Clinical Nursing Research

Worldviews on EvidenceBased Nursing

Journal of QualitativeResearch

American Journal of Nursing

International Journal ofNursing Studies


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PREPARING WRITTEN LITERA


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The introduction should provide the rwith the scale and structure of your reserves as a kind of map.

Writing the introduction:

Define or identify the general topicarea of concern thus , providing apcontext for reviewing the literature

the literature review?


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The body of the review depends on how you organized your key points. Literature reviews a

postgraduate level should be evaluative and

merely descriptive. For example possible reaso

similarities or differences between studies are

considered rather than a mere identification o



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SMM4999 - LITERATURE REVIEW

Organizing the bodyOnce you have the basic categories in place

must consider how you will present the sourcewithin the body of your paper. Create an orgmethod to focus this section even further.To help you come up with an overall organiza

framework for your review, consider the six typorganizing the sources into a review:Chronological

By publication

By trend

Thematic

Methodological

Questions for Further Research



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The conclusion of the review needsthe main findings of your researchliterature. The findings can be relataims of the study you are proposing reader is thus provided with a

background to the current study.Writing the conclusion:



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DR. LILI ANN

Summarize major contributions of studies and articles to the body of kunder review, maintaining thestablished in the introduction.

Evaluate the current, "State of the abody of knowledge reviewed, pomajor methodological flaws or research, inconsistencies in theory aand area or issues pertinent to future



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Poor writing in a literature review is often the re

failing to integrate arguments into the review.

people make the mistake of simply summarisin

readings. Look at the following example of po

good writing.

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1. Does the literature review uncover gaps or in

in knowledge?2. How does the review reflect critical thinking?

3. Are all the relevant concepts and variables inthe review?

4. Dose the summary of each reviewed study reessential components of the study design?

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5. Dose the critique of each reviewed study incl

strengths, weaknesses, or limitations of the deconflicts; and gaps or inconsistencies in informrelation to the area of interest?

6. Were both conceptual and data based literaincluded?

7. Were primary sources mainly included?8. Is there a written summary synthesis of the rev

scholarly literature?

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9. Does the synthesis summary follow a logical s

that leads the reader to why there is the needparticular research or non research project?

10. Did the organization of the reviewed studies chronologically, or according to concepts/vatype/design of study) follow logically, enhanc

ability of the reader to evaluate the need forparticular research or non research project?11. Does the literature review follow the purpose

study or non research project?

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Bourner, T. 'The research process: four steps to success', in Greenfield, T. (ed), Resguidance for postgraduates, Arnold, London, 1996.

Bruce, C. S. 'Information skills coursework for postgraduate students: investigation andQueensland University of Technology' Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1990

Bruce, C. 'When enough is enough: or how should research students delimit theliterature review?, in Challenging the Conventional Wisdom in Higher EducContributions Presented at the Ninteeth Annual National Conference and TweCelebration of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of AustralaUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1993:435-439.

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Education, 1994;19(2):217-229.

Bruce, C. 'Supervising literature reviews', in Zuber-Skerritt, O. and Ryan, Y. (postgraduate education, Kogan Page, London, 1994.

Bruce, C. S. 'From Neophyte to expert: counting on reflection to facilitate complexthe literature review', in Zuber-Skerritt, O. (ed), Frameworks for postgraduate eduCross University, Lismore, NSW, 1997.

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