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Reading and research skills (Student Learning - Te Taiako StudyHub)
Learn how to read and research effectively. Tips to help you save time and improve your critical thinking.
Assignment research help
Learn to find and organise information sources with this online library guide.

Rauru Whakarare Evaluation Framework
Use the Rauru Whakarare Evaluation Framework to evaluate your information sources.
Evaluating Sources: The CRAAP Test
Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose.
(Washington State University)

Academic writing (Student Learning - Te Taiako StudyHub)
Develop effective writing processes, from analysing your research question to proofreading your writing.
Chapter 12; Writing for Research: Some Guiding Principles by Ian D. Hodges; David R. Thomas
ISBN: 9781848601932
Publication Date: 2010
Chapter 12 in Designing and Managing Your Research Project focuses on the importance of producing well-written assignments. An easy to read chapter to help you with your writing.
Communicating in the Health Sciences by Joy Higgs; Rola Ajjawi; Lindy McAllister; Franziska Trede; Stephen Loftus
ISBN: 9780195579048
Publication Date: 2012
Part 1 and Part 2 cover the communication skills required for your assignments.

Writing Up (SAGE Research Methods Project Planner)
There is a section on ‘How Do I Write My Literature Review?'
The Essential Guide to Doing a Health and Social Care Literature Review by Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor
ISBN: 9781138186910
Publication Date: 2017
This step-by-step guide takes the reader logically through the process of undertaking a literature review, from determining when this methodology might be useful, through to publishing the findings.
Writing Skills for Nursing and Midwifery Students by Dena Bain Taylor
ISBN: 9781446208335
Publication Date: 2012
This title focuses on literature reviews and writing skills.
Doing a Literature Review in Health and Social Care by Helen Aveyard
ISBN: 9780335263080
Publication Date: 2014
This popular book demystifies literature reviewing and answers the questions students have about how to tackle the process.
Writing the Literature Review by Sara Efrat Efron; Ruth Ravid
ISBN: 9781462536917
Publication Date: 2018
Each step of searching for, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing prior studies is clearly explained and accompanied by user-friendly suggestions, organizational tips, vignettes, and examples of student work.

Evaluating literature review methodologies for policymakers
This perspective brief compares the different type of reviews; systematic, narrative, scoping, rapid and realist.

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