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Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students
Subject: Student Guides
Book Language: English
Audience: Nursing and Education graduate students
Created date: November 6, 2019
Updated date: March 10, 2020
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Description:
Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students
is an open textbook designed for students in graduate-level nursing and education programs. Its intent is to recognize the significant role the literature review plays in the research process and to prepare students for the work that goes into writing one. Developed for new graduate students and novice researchers just entering into the work of a chosen discipline, each of the eight chapters covers a component of the literature review process. Students will learn how to form a research question, search existing literature, synthesize results and write the review. The book contains examples, checklists, supplementary materials, and additional resources. Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students is written by two librarians with expertise guiding students through research and writing assignments, and is openly licensed.
Short Description:
This open textbook is designed for students in graduate-level nursing and education programs. From developing a research question to locating and evaluating sources to writing a sample literature review using appropriate publication guidelines, readers will be guided through the process. This book has been peer-reviewed by 7 subject experts and is now available for adoption and use in courses or as a library resource. If you’d like to adopt the book, please
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. You can view the book’s
Review Statement
for more information about reviewers and the review process. The
Accessibility Assessment
for this is book is also available. If you’d like to adopt or adapt this book, please
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.
Outline
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: What is a Literature Review?
Chapter 3: How to Get Started
Chapter 4: Where to Find the Literature
Chapter 5: Evaluating Sources
Chapter 6: Documenting Sources
Chapter 7: Synthesizing Sources
Chapter 8: Writing the Literature Review
Conclusion
Appendix
References (By Chapter)
Image Attributions (By Chapter)
About the Authors
Accessibility Assessment
Review Statement
Version History
Resources
- Chapter review sign-up sheet
- Review Guide
- Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students