b) Review Information

Building your research on and relating it to existing knowledge is the

building block of all academic research activities, regardless of discipline.
Therefore, to do so accurately should be a priority for all academics.
A review of information can broadly be described as a more or less
systematic way of collecting and synthesizing previous research. It is an
effective and well-conducted review that creates a firm foundation for
advancing knowledge and facilitating theory development.

b) Review of related literature and studies 

A review of related literature (RRL) is a detailed review of existing

literature related to the topic of a thesis or dissertation. In RRL, you talk about
knowledge and findings from existing literature relevant to your topic. It
contains of two major parts

1. Conceptual Literature
It contains literature coming from books, journals and other forms
of material, concerning or relevant to the study but are data-free or non
empirical material, coming from both foreign and local sources.

2. Related studies
These are empirically-based, like scientific papers, thesis and
dissertations both published and unpublished coming from local and
foreign sources.

Literature review can be categorized to include major types of literature such

as:
a. Sources of research, reading from various research journals, thesis
and dissertations.
b. Theoretical literature from books, articles, scholarly/ professional
magazines/ journals and speeches.
c. General and special related literature on field of educational
endeavor, education business, psychology, medical researches, quality
health and health sciences and the like.
d. Methodology literature
e. Research literature coming from other disciplines, or those related
with anthropology, sociology, economics and other disciplines.
f. Popular literature written by experts

b) Key Concepts 
Key Concepts are the primary ideas and terms that are central to the
main points of the research. From these key concepts you will generate the
keywords needed to search at the library’s catalog and article databases. It
can be expressed in broader terms or narrow terms.