Description: NVivo 14 and Citavi support writing robust literature reviews. With Citavi you can import journal articles, pdfs, tag sources for major themes in the literature and share the Citavi project into and NVivo project for more robust analysis. This session will demonstrate how to use Citavi and NVivo together to easily import articles and […]
Conducting a thorough critique of the literature is incredibly important, but as a writer, you may feel daunted by the enormity of the task. Following these 10 tips can help you focus your writing efforts. These tips can also help you write a literature review that moves beyond summarizing the research and toward critiquing it […]
Writing a literature review can be one of the most daunting aspects of the academic research process—and one of the most misunderstood. Dr. Robert Thomas, Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy at Cardiff University’s Cardiff Business School in Wales, is a subject-matter expert for SAGE Publishing who has written a book (“Turn Your Literature Review into […]
Productive scholars prioritize research and use productive research approaches. How else could some produce 10 or more publications per year and hundreds over their career? Productive scholars rarely publish alone. They collaborate on nearly 90% of their publications. They typically juggle a half-dozen projects or more, all in various phases of completion. Their research is […]
NVivo 14 Webinar Accelerating your Literature Review with Citavi and NVivo 14
People talk about “writing a book.” Of course, writing is essential, but organizational issues are the ones that can cause the greatest frustration. Academic writers do not simply draw on their imagination. We have the literature, resources about methodology and ethics, and results from our research. We must be mindful of guidelines and feedback from […]
Dissertation writing requires you to develop a complex argument supported by appropriate evidence. To do this effectively, you’ll need to learn how to organize your arguments, transition between ideas, and meet the demands of writing at an academic level. Too often, written scholarly work lacks a clear, organized and credible academic argument. This lack of […]
During our webinar titled Teaching Qualitative Methods Online a panel of instructors discussed best practices on incorporating QDA software, like NVivo into an online qualitative methods course. The panel included Christina Silver, Ph.D., Founder of Qualitative Data Analysis Services Ltd and Research Fellow at the University of Surrey, Chareen Snelson, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Boise State University, Department […]
During our recent webinar on COVID-19 and Virtual Qualitative Fieldwork, Dr. Deborah Lupton, Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, described multiple modes for conducting qualitative fieldwork during these challenging times. Researchers Need To Reinvent Methods Due to the isolation measures […]
In this blog, we take you through the ins and outs of literature reviews, what critically examining the literature means and how to get started. A good literature review: Recognizes and groups published information into the same, related or different fields of interest. Emphasizes the focus of your topic. If you’re just starting out, consider […]
In this webinar, Shimrit Keddem, PhD and Gabriela Khazanov, PhD will review different methods of meta-synthesis of qualitative studies and discuss an example of a recent article in which they used thematic meta-synthesis to derive common themes across 18 studies on stakeholder perceptions of lethal means counseling for firearms. This webinar will also review ways […]
The All-in-One Writing and Reference Tool One of the most difficult aspects of research-based writing is keeping all your references organized. Whether you’re a PhD in the middle of a lit review, writing a complex grant application, or working on a book-length nonfiction project, keeping track of your sources and ensuring those sources are correctly […]
