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Review Document:Function and Preparation


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

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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.