Critically reviewing the literature Chapter 3 Critically reviewing the literature

Figure 3.1 The literature review process

Figure 3.2 Literature review structure

Box 3.8 Focus on student research – Using a relevance tree

Box 3.11 Focus on student research – Searching using online databases

Box 3.12 Focus on student research – Undertaking an online search using a general search engine

Box 3.13 Focus on student research – Assessing the utility of an article using the abstract Source: Saunders et al. (2014). Copyright © 2014 Emerald Group Publishing (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.hmt?issn=2046–9012&volume=38&issue=1&articleid=17103591&show=html). Reproduced by permission of the publisher

Figure 3.3 Flow diagram for reporting Systematic Review Source: Developed from Moher et al. 2009