2011年3月7日 星期一

文獻評析

今天參與文獻評析課程,討論如何評析"回顧型的文獻"。當然老師要我們閱讀的文章,有許多不符合評析的標準,尤其是此篇文章中的方法,未明確指出搜尋策略、篩選標準、和評析的方法。老師另外提供在同一個期刊上的回顧型文章,就有明確地寫出搜尋策略、篩選標準、和評析的方法。
我就覺得很納悶,為何來自同一個期刊,文章內容程度會差這麼多?特別是兩篇文獻發表只相差1年(一篇為2009,另一篇為2010)。然後我看了一下兩篇文章的標題上,有些許不同的標示,被評斷較不好的文獻上標示"Feature Article",有明確寫出評析方法的文章則標示"Review Article" 。

Feature article的定義為a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine; "they ran a feature on retirement planning"(information from http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=feature%20article),我猜想中文之意,應該是"特別報導'文章。

在Wikipedia中提到
A feature article will follow a format appropriate for its type. Structures for feature articles may include, but are not limited to:
  • chronological — the article may be a narrative of some sort.
  • cause and effect — the reasons and results of an event or process are examined.
  • classification — items in an article are grouped to help aid understanding
  • compare and contrast — two or more items are examined side-by-side to see their similarities and differences
  • list — A simple item-by-item run-down of pieces of information.
  • question and answer — such as an interview with a celebrity or expert.
我在想,今天評析的文章,不算是典型回顧型文章,因為文章依據已訂定的範疇,解釋回顧的目的,提供讀者概括性的訊息,所以期刊把此文章納入feature article。

4 則留言:

  1. You may like to go to the journal's web site to check what it defines "feature articles."

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  2. I have found out the explanation of feature article from Australian Occupational Therapy Journal at http://www.wiley.com/bw/submit.asp?ref=0045-0766&site=1

    It mentioned that "Feature Articles can be in the form of research studies, theoretical papers, case reports or descriptive articles. Descriptive articles involve descriptions of interesting clinical, administrative, educational or technological innovations in occupational therapy. Single or multiple case reports may be used to illustrate the application of such innovations."

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  3. You know: I don't need your copy & paste. Your further explanations on feature articles & review articles are appreciated.

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