Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy: The Matrix Method, Fourth Edition helps students and practitioners better understand scientific literature by instilling the essential skills (via the matrix method) needed to evaluate article findings critically. Covered at the most basic level are the fundamental principles of searching, organizing, reviewing, and synthesizing. Woven throughout the text are visual examples and a single case study. This easy-to-read and practical reference is an invaluable aid to students, researchers, and practitioners.\\This text also features access to the Navigate Companion Website to accompany Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy, Fourth Edition which offers a variety of resources to enhance your course and provides students with a solid foundation and the tools they need to evaluate articles and research effectively. The Navigate Companion Website is comprised entirely of bonus content not found in the book. This is an excellent additional resource for students!

Basic concepts -- Paper trail : how to plan and manage a search of the literature -- Documents folder : how to select and organize documents for review -- Review matrix : how to abstract the research literature -- Synthesis : how to use a review matrix to write a synthesis -- A library of lit review master folders -- The matrix indexing system -- Matrix applications by health sciences professionals.