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A literature review is a comprehensive survey of works published in a particular field or area of

research, usually over a period of time, in the form of a comprehensive critical bibliographic
essay or annotated list, highlighting the most important works.
A literature review can also be defined as a collection of research articles related to a topic
summary and analysis of previous research related to the topic containing scientific books and
articles published in academic journals and it also may be a specific research paper or part of a
research paper. a formal literature review is an evidence based in depth analysis of a topic. there
are many reasons for writing one and these will affect the length and style of your review but at
its core a literature review is a critical assessment of the current collective knowledge on a topic
rather than being an exhaustive list of everything published. a literature review should be an
informative personal but unbiased summary of the data that provides a balanced overview that
includes conflicting findings and inconsistencies as well as established and current thinking.
(Kennedy, Mary M. "Defining a Literature." Educational Researcher 36 (April 2007): 139-147)

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a formal literature review is also an extension of data collection to gain a personal understanding
of the subject s background and requires more than a quick literature review and a few abstracts
conducting a literature review is essential to developing a research idea to confirm what is
already known about a topic and identify gaps in knowledge and how your research could
contribute to understanding it helps formulate hypotheses and formulate research questions after
completing a study. a literature review is also critical to evaluating your data and determining its
relevance and clinical utility. a literature review will allow you to identify other studies that
support or confirm your findings as well as conflicting results allowing you to position your
research. in this area dissemination of research findings whether through publication of a peer
reviewed article or an oral presentation uses the information gathered in a literature review to
provide benchmarks for your new knowledge and to help you identify and implement potential
implications of research findings. the purpose of a literature review is to find previously
published research articles related to a particular topic, help gather ideas or information stay
abreast of current trends and discoveries and help develop new questions. the literature review is
important because it explains the rationale behind the research on the topic. it also helps show
why the topic is important to the subject and helps focus your own research questions or
problems. with the help of the literature review we can find the relationships between the studies.
we can fight prejudice and eliminate unconscious bias. it also helps to identify critical gaps
disagreements or possibly missing methodologies or theoretical approaches. in this chapter we
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