Systematic literature searching in policy relevant, inter-disciplinary reviews: an example from culture and sport

Research Synthesis Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-173

  Schucan Bird, Karen ^a   Tripney, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

comprehensive searching; culture; literature retrieval; search sources; social science; sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890070089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17592887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrsm.48     Document Type: Article

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