Timeline for How can I handle unavailable papers in a systematic literature review?
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| Jul 31 at 15:22 | comment | added | DonQuiKong | @MichaelKay uh, machine translations are pretty good nowadays... | |
| Jul 30 at 19:15 | comment | added | toby544 | @Crazymoomin Thanks. I edited this part. | |
| Jul 30 at 19:13 | history | edited | toby544 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 30 at 19:03 | comment | added | Michael Kay | This probably applies to every paper published in a language that you can't read, since it's unlikely you have the resources to commission a translation. It might be that you work in a field where everything significant is in English, but remember that you're making an assumption about this. | |
| Jul 30 at 17:36 | comment | added | Crazymoomin | It's not uncommon for literature reviews to screen out papers the authors don't have easy access to, usually under something like "full text unavailable" in the PRISMA diagram. Whether it's acceptable or not is another discussion, but in my experience journals rarely pick up on it. Of course if it's two or three papers which will have a negligible impact on the conclusions of the review, that's different to a good chunk of the available literature. Not to encourage being lazy, but busy academics do tend to take shortcuts. | |
| Jul 30 at 14:51 | comment | added | Jon Custer | Friendly research librarians love a challenge. Seems like many places don’t do library orientation sessions anymore where students would get introduced to their capabilities. | |
| Jul 30 at 12:27 | history | edited | toby544 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 30 at 12:26 | comment | added | toby544 | @MaartenBuis I will edit to make it clear that the advice on how to search harder is in the linked page | |
| Jul 30 at 12:06 | comment | added | Maarten Buis | Search harder is not very helpful advice for someone who does not know how to do that. Remember, the OP is just a student. So, for Evon's benefit: the way to search harder is to go to your library and ask the librarian. They have been borrowing materials from other libraries for centuries: they are the professionals where science hub mutual aid are the amateurs. So if the amateurs fail you, go see the professionals, or just skip the amateurs altogether. | |
| Jul 30 at 8:14 | history | answered | toby544 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |