Introduction -- Basic concepts -- Paper trail folder : how to plan and manage a search of the literature -- Documents folder : how to select and organize documents for review -- Review matrix folder : how to abstract the research literature -- Synthesis folder : how to use a review matrix to write a synthesis -- A library of master folders -- The matrix indexing system -- Matrix applications by health sciences professionals -- Appendix A Useful resources for literature reviews -- Appendix B Structure of computer folders for the matrix method -- Appendix C Data visualization : a digital exploration.
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