literature review

Literature Search Strategy Week: Martha Meacham on Constructing a Literature Search – The Vocabulary Roadmap

Hi, my name is Martha Meacham, a librarian at the Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Searching for information is a treasure hunt. The words you use to construct your search can be the map. Librarians make excellent escorts for your explorations, but if you are venturing on your own, it pays to …

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Literature Search Strategy Week: Molly Higgins on the Best Databases for Everything

Hi, I’m Molly Higgins, a librarian at the Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Today we’re going to talk about planning your search because planning ahead saves a lot of work in the long run. One part of planning is choosing your database(s). Maybe you’re used to using Google for everything. Maybe you …

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Literature Search Strategy Week: Judy Savageau and Laura Sefton on Library Resources and the Important Role They Play in Evaluation Work

We are Judy Savageau and Laura Sefton from the University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Health Policy and Research (CHPR) and we’re here to introduce to you a week full of information about library resources and what role these might play in various components of your evaluation work from soup to nuts! We believe …

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WE Week: Matthew Von Hendy on High Quality Low Cost Research Resources For Evaluators

Hello! My name is Matthew Von Hendy, I am the owner of Green Heron Information Services, which provides research and information services to evaluation professionals.  I love helping connect people with the information that they need to solve problems or make decisions. Many evaluators are working in budget constrained environments which can make accessing the …

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Monica Hargraves and Miranda Fang on Operationalizing the “Golden Spike” – Practical Guidance for Literature Searches to Complement Program Evaluation

Hello! We are Monica Hargraves and Miranda Fang, from the Cornell Office for Research on Evaluation.  We presented together at Eval2012 would like to share some practical tips on literature searches in the context of evaluation. Program managers often face an expectation worthy of Hercules: to provide strong research-quality evidence that their program is effective …

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CAP Week: Mika Yoder Yamashita on Using Literature Review in Cluster Evaluation

My name is Mika Yoder Yamashita. I am the qualitative evaluation lead for the Center for Educational Policy and Practice at Academy for Educational Development. Our Center has been conducting process and outcome evaluations of the federally funded program, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP).  This program aims at increasing college …

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