As I mentioned on Twitter, on my blog, I write about the mechanics and heuristics of how *I* conduct a literature review. I share my method, which is systematic. With my blog posts, I teach my students and research assistants a systematic approach to read, annotate and write their literature reviews.
But there are different types of reviews and it is important for students, early career scholars and researchers to know that there is a broad range of reviews. Many of these are actual scholarly products that get published.
My Twitter thread includes links to a few resources, several of which I also list below.
BUT… @DrHelenKara has written about systematic reviews on her blog (one which I VERY strongly recommend that you read) https://t.co/EKH0NmuY6q – she also wrote a very practical/pragmatic book for researchers (learn about, and buy her books here https://t.co/oID1N0LVFa)
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) August 24, 2019
There are so many different types of reviews that I find myself overwhelmed by the different categories, and so far I haven’t found a satisfying typology. BUT here’s an article on systematic reviews and meta-analyses https://t.co/HktzsYiWHK
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) August 24, 2019
Whereas on my site I show the system (methods, techniques, heuristics, strategies, hacks) that I use to develop literature reviews. https://t.co/wR22xoB1MB
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) August 24, 2019
As I mention on my Twitter thread, I teach the mechanics of how to conduct a literature review, but these heuristics are how *I* do them, and I share them in hopes someone can use them and adapt them as they see fit (and also, I write these resources to help my own students and research assistants!)
In particular I recommend this post on mapping a new field: https://t.co/lz8TcgF1wT
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) August 24, 2019
This is my “from start to finish” post on LRs https://t.co/TZEegZtbEY
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) August 24, 2019
And this one is the detailed guide to write a mind map and full paragraphs of a literature review once you have Read All The Things. https://t.co/B6g97JOpVm </end thread>
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) August 24, 2019
And here are a few systematic literature reviews I found interesting and well done.
Water, sanitation and hygiene and indigenous peoples: a review of the literature https://t.co/qCUG4WaVcq
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) August 24, 2019
How to Write a Systematic Review of the Literature – Debajyoti Pati, Lesa N. Lorusso, 2018 https://t.co/EV2H0dAY4T this article uses and details the PRISMA protocol for systematic reviews.
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) August 24, 2019
A few resources (with links to freely downloadable materials):
- How to Write a Systematic Review of the Literature – Debajyoti Pati, Lesa N. Lorusso, 2018 – this article uses and details the PRISMA protocol for systematic reviews.
- Temple University Guide to Reviews – this page provides links to detailed descriptions and definitions of different types of reviews and how to conduct them.
- Narrative approaches to systematic review and synthesis of evidence for international development policy and practice This article explains how to use systematic reviews in IDPP.
- Theories of behaviour and behaviour change across the social and behavioural sciences: a scoping review This article is basically a scoping review, so you can use it as a model.
- The benefits and challenges of using systematic reviews in international development research” – I think this article’s title is pretty self-explanatory.
- How to do a good systematic review of effects in international development: a tool kit” Also, pretty self-explanatory.
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