Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I FUNDAMENTALS OF A LITERATURE REVIEW
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts
Part II THE MATRIX METHOD
Chapter 3 Paper Trail: How to Plan and Manage a Search of the Literature
Chapter 4 Documents Section: How to Select and Organize Documents for Review
Chapter 5 Review Matrix: How to Abstract the Research Literature
Chapter 6 Synthesis: How to Use a Review Matrix to Write a Synthesis
Part III APPLICATIONS USING THE MATRIX METHOD
Chapter 7 A Library of Lit Review Books
Chapter 8 The Matrix Indexing System
Chapter 9 Matrix Applications by Health Sciences Professionals
Appendix Useful Resources for Literature Reviews
Index
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