Doing Literature Review

What is the purpose of doing

literature review?
• Completing Chapter 2 of your thesis
Example 1
• Analysis relevant past researches
• www.lib.usm.my
• database
• Aim/objective
• Research method
• Number of samples and their characteristics
• Findings
• Implication/suggestion
• Supporting your research
• Explain in details about the relevant theory
and model
• Define important terminologies for your
research topic
• Exhibit the evidence that you have ample
knowledge in your field
• Exhibit that you are aware with the latest the
trend in your area
• Exhibit that you have thought critically about
the information you have obtain through your
reading
• Help you to convince the examiners that your
research has an added value
• Help you to strengthen your problem
statement
• Help you to find the instruments /
questionnaire for your research
• Help you to do the discussion in Chapter 5 of
your thesis
• Help you to build the conceptual framework
of your study
 Part of the Chapter 2
• Your theoretical and conceptual framework
will be written as the last subtopic of your
Chapter 2