NVivo for Literature Reviews

The Library Research team have created a new library guide using NVivo 12.

NVivo 12 is software designed to enable qualitative and mixed-methods research. The developer is QSR International.

Although some of NVivo’s advanced features are for dedicated qualitative researchers, NVivo can also provide significant help with any kind of analytical writing, including conference papers, articles and more.

This guide focusses on literature reviews, with helpful information on: 

• Get Started with NVivo
• Overview and Key Background
• Importing Source Documents
• “Brainstorming” Themes – Word Frequency and Visual Mapping
• Coding
• Memos
• Results: Nodes, Framework Matrices, and Queries
• Save a Copy of Your NVivo Project

You can install or upgrade QSR NVivo 12 for free from the Deakin Software Library. Both Mac and Windows versions are available.

This post first appeared in the ‘Deakin University Library: Business and Law’ News blog, 6 November 2018