Review Document:Function and Preparation

S. Seetharama

doi:10.17821/srels/1973/v10i1/49283

Review Document:Function and Preparation

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S. Seetharama
Documentation Research and Training Centre, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore 560003

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https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/1973/v10i1/49283

Abstract

The role of reviews - compilative and critical - in the advancement and diffusion of knowledge is discussed. The different types of reviews, characteristics of a good review, and the knowledge of the subject and knowledge of preparing reviews on the part of the reviewer, are briefly discussed. Selye's two-volume monograph Hormones and resistance* is examined from the viewpoint of its efficacy as a documentation tool for document search and selection in the field of Hormones.

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Seetharama, S. (2014). Review Document:Function and Preparation. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 10(1), 90–107. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/1973/v10i1/49283

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Volume 10, Issue 1, March 1973

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