Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy: The Matrix Method, Third Edition

TITLE......Page 2
COPYRIGHT......Page 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
PART I: FUNDAMENTALS OF A LITERATURE REVIEW......Page 14
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION......Page 16
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE......Page 17
WELL BEYOND INDEX CARDS......Page 18
TO OWN THE LITERATURE......Page 20
RESEARCH SYNTHESIS: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 21
THE MATRIX METHOD: DEFINITION AND OVERVIEW......Page 30
REVIEW MATRIX: A VERSATILE TOOL......Page 31
OVERVIEW OF CHAPTERS AND APPENDICES......Page 33
REFERENCES TO WEBSITES......Page 35
CAROLINE'S QUEST: UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS......Page 36
CHAPTER 2 BASIC CONCEPTS......Page 42
DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOURCE MATERIALS......Page 43
ANATOMY OF A SCIENTIFIC PAPER—FINDING WHAT YOU NEED IN A TYPICAL RESEARCH PAPER......Page 49
GUIDELINES FOR A METHODOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE......Page 55
CAROLINE'S QUEST: LEARNING THE CONCEPTS......Page 68
PART II: THE MATRIX METHOD......Page 72
CHAPTER 3 PAPER TRAIL: HOW TO PLAN AND MANAGE A SEARCH OF THE LITERATURE......Page 74
HOW TO CREATE A PAPER TRAIL......Page 75
HOW TO FIND SOURCE MATERIALS: CREATING AND USING A PAPER TRAIL......Page 78
TIPS ON SEARCHING FOR SOURCE DOCUMENTS......Page 94
CAROLINE'S QUEST: MANAGING THE SEARCH......Page 97
CHAPTER 4 DOCUMENTS FOLDER: HOW TO SELECT AND ORGANIZE DOCUMENTS FOR REVIEW......Page 108
HOW TO SELECT THE DOCUMENTS FOR YOUR REVIEW......Page 109
WHAT IS A DOCUMENTS FOLDER?......Page 110
HOW TO REMEMBER WHERE YOU PUT THE DOCUMENTS......Page 112
CAROLINE'S QUEST: ASSEMBLING A DOCUMENTS FOLDER......Page 114
CHAPTER 5 REVIEW MATRIX: HOW TO ABSTRACT THE RESEARCH LITERATURE......Page 118
WHAT IS A REVIEW MATRIX?......Page 119
HOW TO CONSTRUCT A REVIEW MATRIX......Page 120
HOW TO CHOOSE COLUMN TOPICS FOR A REVIEW MATRIX......Page 121
HOW TO ABSTRACT DOCUMENTS IN A REVIEW MATRIX......Page 126
FRINGE BENEFITS OF THE ABSTRACTING PROCESS......Page 131
CAROLINE'S QUEST: CONSTRUCTING A REVIEW MATRIX......Page 134
CHAPTER 6 SYNTHESIS: HOW TO USE A REVIEW MATRIX TO WRITE A SYNTHESIS......Page 140
WHAT IS A SYNTHESIS?......Page 141
HOW TO USE A REVIEW MATRIX TO WRITE A SYNTHESIS......Page 142
CAROLINE'S QUEST: WRITING A SYNTHESIS......Page 147
PART III: APPLICATIONS USING THE MATRIX METHOD......Page 152
CHAPTER 7 A LIBRARY OF LIT REVIEW MASTER FOLDERS......Page 154
HOW TO CREATE A LIBRARY OF LIT REVIEW MASTER FOLDERS......Page 155
HOW TO USE A LIBRARY OF LIT REVIEW MASTER FOLDERS......Page 157
MAKING THE MOST OF THE MATRIX METHOD......Page 158
CAROLINE'S QUEST: BUILDING HER OWN LIBRARY OF MASTER FOLDERS......Page 164
CHAPTER 8 THE MATRIX INDEXING SYSTEM......Page 166
HOW TO SET UP A MATRIX INDEXING SYSTEM......Page 167
HOW TO EXPAND THE DOCUMENTS FOLDER......Page 174
HOW TO UPDATE A LITERATURE REVIEW EFFICIENTLY......Page 175
CAROLINE'S QUEST: USING THE MATRIX INDEXING SYSTEM......Page 176
CHAPTER 9 MATRIX APPLICATIONS BY HEALTH SCIENCES PROFESSIONALS......Page 178
WHAT ARE MATRIX APPLICATIONS?......Page 179
HOW TO USE MATRIX APPLICATIONS IN A RESEARCH PROJECT......Page 180
HOW TO USE MATRIX APPLICATIONS IN A META-ANALYSIS......Page 182
HOW TO USE MATRIX APPLICATIONS IN PRACTICE GUIDELINES......Page 183
HOW TO USE MATRIX APPLICATIONS IN EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE......Page 185
CAROLINE'S QUEST: MATRIX APPLICATIONS IN A NONSCIENTIFIC SETTING......Page 187
APPENDIX A: USEFUL RESOURCES FOR LITERATURE REVIEWS......Page 194
APPENDIX B: STRUCTURE OF COMPUTER FOLDERS FOR THE MATRIX METHOD......Page 206
INDEX......Page 214
ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 224