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Chapter 3
Critically reviewing
the literature

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Figure 3.1 The literature review process

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Figure 3.2 Literature review structure

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Box 3.8 Focus on student research – Using a relevance tree

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Box 3.11 Focus on student research – Searching using online databases

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

Box 3.12
search engine
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Focus on student research – Assessing the utility of an article using the

Box 3.13
abstract
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Figure 3.3 Flow diagram for reporting Systematic Review

Source: Developed from Moher et al. 2009

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