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Literature Review: A Self-Guided Tutorial for NUR 288

For NUR 288 Library Research for the QI Project

Synthesize

6. SynthesisThis is the point where you sort the articles and books by themes or categories in preparation for writing your lit review. 

You can sort the literature in various ways, for example:

 

  by themes or concepts

  historically or chronologically (tracing a research question across time)

  by methodology