El documento aborda el proceso de revisión de literatura clave relacionado con un tema de investigación para mejorar las prácticas de atención. Explica la importancia de recopilar y evaluar fuentes relevantes, así como las técnicas de lectura y métodos de búsqueda, incluyendo el uso de operadores booleanos. Además, ofrece pautas sobre la referencia y la bibliografía, destacando dos estilos comunes: Oxford y Harvard.

1. Lo-2
Conduct a review of key
literature relating to a
research topic towards
improvements in care
practice

2. The literature review process
 The purpose of a literature review
 Providing up-to-date information of research in the area
 Identifying methods that can be used in any further
research
 Provides an understanding of similar findings,
inconsistencies, areas not previously identified, possible
further research ideas for evidence-based practice

3. The purpose of a literature review
 Conducting a
literature review is a means
of
 demonstrating the author's
knowledge about a
particular field of study,
 including vocabulary,
theories, key variables and
phenomena, and its
methods and history.
 gather all the available
sources related to your paper's
topic
 (the ones you have found in
process of conducting
your research) in one place
and
 to evaluate them.

4. Providing up-to-date information of
research in the area

5. Identifying topic for research in health,
care or support service provision using
the Practice Themes as a framework
 Preliminary searches to determine feasibility of
conducting an evidence-based project in chosen area
Step 1: Research the Business Drivers. In
most cases, your project is being driven
by a problem in the business. ...
Step 2: Confirm the Alternative Solutions.
...
Step 3: Determine the Feasibility. ...
Step 4: Choose a Preferred Solution. ...
Step 5: Reassess at a lower level.

6. Conducting a literature review
using internet, books, journals,
reports, web sites and other
sources
 Primary and secondary sources
 Methods used for searching internet, e.g. use of Boolean searches,
key words, terms
 Reading techniques used to assess appropriateness of literature,
e.g., scanning, skimming

9. Primary and secondary sources

10. Methods used for searching internet,
 A web search engine is a software system that is designed to
search for information on the World Wide Web.
 The search results are generally presented in a line of results often
referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs).
 The information may be a mix of web pages, images, and other
types of files.

11. Boolean search
 Boolean search is a type of search allowing users to
combine keywords with operators (or modifiers) such as
AND, NOT and OR to further produce more relevant
results.
 For example, a Boolean search could be "hotel" AND "New
York". This would limit the search results to only those
documents containing the two keywords.
 There are three most commonly used Boolean
operators, are AND, OR and NOT.

12. Reading techniques used to assess
appropriateness of literature

13. Assessing the validity and reliability of
sources using tools e.g., source,
appearance, method, timeliness,
applicability, balance (SAMTAB) methods
Making notes and evaluating sources of information for reliability
and validity

14. Examining results of literature
search and critically evaluating to
provide a summary of current
knowledge about the research
topic
 Presenting literature reviews using academic writing and use of
Harvard referencing system

15. Referencing and
the
bibliography

16. Referencing and the bibliography
As part of your dissertation, you must show where you found
all relevant pieces of information and historiography.
Referencin
g
 In your main text, you should include a
description of where you found each
relevant piece of information
Bibliograph
y
At the end of your dissertation you should
include a list of all the different sources
that you used
There are different ways to complete both of these
tasks

17. Referencing and the
bibliography
There are numerous options for referencing and bibliographies
but the two most commonly used are:
Oxford
 This involves using footnotes (small elevated numbers
next to each reference with details at the foot of
the page) and then a list of sources at the end of
the report
Harvard This uses in-text citations (naming the author and
published date in the main text body) before
giving a full list of all sources at the end

18. Oxford
referencin

19. Oxford
referencingFor Oxford referencing:
1.Next to the relevant fact, quotation, etc, place a small,
superscript (elevated) number
Go to ‘Add footnote’ in the References section of Microsoft Word.
2.At the bottom of the page, write out the full details of the
source e.g. author, title, publisher, year and page number
3.At the end of the entire dissertation, include an alphabetical list
of all sources used (no page numbers needed)

20. Oxford
referencing

21. Oxford
referencing
Using ibid
If the source you are quoting is the exact same as the one above,
you can write ibid instead of writing out the entire source again
(1)Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades, Simon & Schuster, 2012, p37
(2)Jonathan Riley-Smith, A history of the Crusades, Oxford University Press,
1995, p212
(3)ibid, p317

22. Oxford
referencing
Using op cit
If the source you are quoting is one you have already used (but
not immediately above), you can write op cit instead of writing out
the entire source again
(1)Thomas Asbridge, The Crusades (Simon & Schuster, 2012) p24
(2)Jonathan Riley-Smith, A history of the Crusades (Oxford University Press,
1995) p212
(3)Asbridge, op cit, p43

23. Oxford
referencing
Source How to reference
Books Norman Davies, Europe at war: 1939-1945 (Pan Books, 2006),
page 29
Journals Stephen Mossman, "Dorothea von Montau and the Masters of
Prague," Oxford German Studies, (2010), page 106
Websites Stephen Fry, "A London Secret Shared," The New Adventures of
Stephen Fry, Dec 5, 2011, accessed Aug 8, 2013,
http://www.stephenfry.com/2011/12/05/londonlibrary/
Documentaries "Britain’s Crimes of Honour," Panorama, BBC1, Mar 19, 2012,
television broadcast

24. Oxford
referencing
Bibliography
•"Britain’s Crimes of Honour." Panorama. BBC1. Mar 19, 2012.
Television broadcast
•Davies, Norman, Europe at war: 1939-1945, Pan Books, 2006
•Fry, Stephen, "A London Secret Shared," The New Adventures of
Stephen Fry, Dec 5, 2011, accessed Aug 8, 2013,
http://www.stephenfry.com/2011/ 12/05/londonlibrary/
•Mossman, Stephen, "Dorothea von Montau and the Masters of
Prague," Oxford German Studies, (2010)

25. Harvard
referencin

26. Harvard
referencing
For Harvard referencing:
1.Next to the relevant fact, quotation, etc, in (brackets) write the
author’s surname, published date and, if relevant, the page
number
(Prescott, 1910, p23)
2.At the end of the entire dissertation, include an alphabetical list
of all sources used (no page numbers needed)

27. Oxford
referencing

28. Harvard
referencing
Source How to reference
Books (Davies, 2006, pages 33-35)
Websites (Peston, 2012)
Journals (Selman, 2012, pages 114-115)
Documentaries (Panorama: Britain's Crimes of Honour, 2012)

29. Harvard
referencing
Bibliography
•Davies, Norman (2006). Europe at war 1939-1945. Pan Books
•Panorama. (2012). Britain’s crimes of honour. BBC1 television, 19
March 2012
•Peston, R. (2012). Can Tesco grow again in Britain? [Online] BBC
News. Last updated: 18 April 2012. Available at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ business-17748586 [Accessed 19 April
2012]
•Selman, P. (2012). The global decline of intercountry adoption: what
lies ahead? Social Policy and Society, 11(03)

30. Writing the
Bibliograph

31. Writing the
Bibliography• The Bibliography should be the final section of your report
• The Bibliography does not count towards your word limit
• The Bibliography must be in alphabetical order (either based
on all source types or split into sections e.g. books, websites)
• Make sure you use consistent referencing throughout
• The SQA recommend including a commentary on each source

32. Writing the
BibliographyOne possible layout
suggestion….
Source Comment
Geoff Layton, Weimar and the Rise of Nazi
Germany 1918-33, Hodder Murray, 2005
A good introductory text to the overall topic. It
included all main points although additional
sources were needed when researching specific
details about the main events
Finlay McKichan, Germany 1815-1939, Oliver &
Boyd, 1992
Similar to the Layton text, this is a good source for
gaining a background knowledge of the topic but
more in-depth sources were required to research
my specific issues
Spartacus Educational website, Nazi Germany
section, http://spartacus-
educational.com/GERnazigermany.htm
An excellent resource for primary sources. This
gave access to different primary views, split into
easily accessible sections, alongside a summary of
each event