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Useful reading on literature searching and reviews (for Nursing)

Dissertations and writing, nursing

Bottomley, J. & Pryjmachuk, S. (2017) Academic writing and referencing for your nursing degree, St Albans : Critical Publishing.

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Gimenez, J. (2019) Writing for nursing and midwifery students, Basingstoke ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan

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Glasper, E.A. & Rees, C. (eds), (2013) How to write your nursing dissertation, Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell.

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Williamson, G.R. & Whittaker, A. (2017) Succeeding in literature reviews and research project plans for nursing students, London : SAGE.

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Garrard, J. (2022) Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy : the matrix method. Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning.

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Dissertations, general

Cottrell, S. (2014) DiDissertations and project reports: a step by step guidessertations and project reports : a step by step guide, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan.

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Greetham, B. (2019) How to write your undergraduate dissertation, London : Palgrave Macmillan.

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Book covers

Academic writing and referencing for your nursing degree

Writing for nursing and midwifery students

How to write your nursing dissertation

Succeeding in literature reviews and research project plans for nursing students

Health sciences literature review made easy: the matrix method

Classic text

Greenhalgh, T. (2019) How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine and healthcare. 6th edn. Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons.

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Literature and systematic reviews

Aveyard, H. (2019) Doing a literature review in health and social care : a practical guide, London : Open University Press, McGraw-Hill Education.

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Bettany-Saltikov, J. & McSherry, R. (2016) How to do a systematic literature review in nursing: a step-by-step guide, London : Open University Press.

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Boland, A., et al. (2017) Doing a systematic review : a student's guide, Los Angeles : SAGE.

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Holly, C., et al. (2022) Comprehensive systematic review for advanced nursing practice, New York : Springer Publishing Company.

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Purssell, E. & McCrae, N. (2020) How to Perform a Systematic Literature Review A Guide for Healthcare Researchers, Practitioners and Students, Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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