What is the primary purpose in documenting the literature ...

[luminitza]

What is the primary purpose in documenting the literature retrieval process?
 
  A) Ensuring approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
  B) Preventing duplication of located references
  C) Providing a history of useful search words
  D) Simplifying preparation of the reference list

Question 2

You have identified 66 potential references through electronic database searches for your review of literature. Which action in the screening process would be the most appropriate next step in identifying the most useful articles?
 
  A) Comparing databases for duplicate-referenced reports
  B) Evaluating the heading terms
  C) Reading each article in detail
  D) Reviewing the abstracts

[mistyjohnson]

Answer to Question 1

B
Feedback:
Documentation will help you to conduct a more efficient search by preventing unintended duplication, and will also help you to assess what else needs to be tried. Although documentation does provide a history of useful search words and may simplify preparation of the reference list, neither of these is the primary purpose. Documentation does not ensure approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Answer to Question 2

D
Feedback:
Although reading each article in detail would allow you to evaluate each reference in terms of relevance, reviewing the abstracts would be most time efficient. Evaluating the heading terms in the articles would not be helpful in identifying the most useful articles, because they would not tell you enough information about the article. Comparing databases for duplicate-references reports would also not be useful for this purpose.