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Launching into Literature Review – NVivo Project

by · January 5, 2015

Ok, so between the Christmas festivities and the celebration of a new year I launched myself into my literature review, I thought I would look at available stuff on Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) on Discover over the last 5 years and found tons…limited search to include “NVivo” and results went from 585 to 174 alot more manageable.  After saving in Discover (so I can import into refworks later) I then thought it would be good to import PDFs into my NVivo project to code (so I am researching CAQDAS namely, NVivo and using it to code an interesting marriage!)

Of course, I am having to use NVivo on the virtual desktop and have managed to make my USB stick available and as soon as I click on it it highlights weirdly and goes v quiet.  So I have to upload to Dropbox (not a bad thing having a copy of articles in the cloud) then download into S: drive to enable me to import into NVivo project.

Oh what fun…watch this space for updates on coding of lit review articles in NVivo…

Annette Webb

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Annette has been an IT Trainer at York St John University since 2005 and is a Fellow of the HEA. She is one half of the Digital Training Team in Information Learning Services (ILS) who support staff and students at all levels on digital systems. Annette has recently completed a Masters degree and benefited from the experience of being a student in the 21st century. She has a keen interest in helping staff and students to use technology tools effectively. Annette is the primary contact for students and staff in the Faculty of Education & Theology and Health and Life Sciences.

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