Systematic approaches to a successful literature review / Andrew Booth, Diana Papaioannou, Anthea Sutton

Includes bibliographical references and index

"Reviewing the literature is an essential part of every research project. This book takes you step-by-step through the process of approaching your literature review systematically, applying systematic principles to a wide range of literature review types. Through numerous examples, case studies and exercises, the book covers often neglected areas of literature review such as concept analysis, scoping and mapping."--Book jacket

1. The literature review: its role within research -- 2. Systematic approaches to the literature -- 3. Planning and writing a literature review -- 4. Defining the scope -- 5. Searching the literature -- 6. Assessing the evidence base -- 7. Synthesising included studies -- 8. Analysing the findings -- 9. Writing up and presenting data -- 10. Managing the literature project