CHAPTER 4

REVIEW OF RELATED
LITERATURE
 Review of Related Literature (RRL)

• comprehensive summary of previous

research on a topic
• surveys scholarly articles, books, and
other sources relevant to a particular
area of research

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 RRL and Research Studies
• Is an activity in the research process
related to the research problem.

• It serve as a foundation of the

proposed study

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Purposes of a Review of
Literature
1. It delimits the research problem.

2. It select new lines of investigation.

3. It avoids fruitless approaches.

4. It gains methodological insights.

Characteristics of Related
Literature Materials
Types of Literature
How to Write the RRL
• Use headings arranged in logical order to
indicate main points.
• Avoid too long introduction to your main topic.
• Include information that are directly related
and relevant to your topic.
• Maximum of half-page (double space) must
constitute one paragraph
• Do not copy in toto the information from your
source. No more than 10% of the entire paper
is allowed for direct quotation.
• Give due credit to the real source of your
data. Cite the authors at the end of the
sentence.
• Paraphrase using your own words and style
the data gathered.
• Summarize important points from your
sources and relate them to your topic.
• Reinforce your data or with selected figures
or statistics from your course.
 Related Studies:
Foreign and Local
Local Research
• studies or investigations which are already
completed or finished to which the present
study is related
• Unpublished materials like manuscripts,
thesis, and other dissertations
• are already conducted research or reviews
related to the present report
• Secret documents such as notes, theses,
and dissertations
Foreign Research
• composed of news, knowledge blogs, and
papers from other countries or from other
countries that offer great importance to your
work or analysis.
• are international studies, articles, dissertations,
surveys, or some other analysis techniques.
Parts of Review of
Literature
How to Conduct the RRL
• Visit the school library, browse over books,
magazines, journals, etc.
• Search in the internet (website of scholars)
• Ask reprints from experts
• Take down notes
• Write all bibliographic info (i.e., author(s),
complete title, publisher, date and place of
publication, and so on
• PARAPHRASE (or quote)
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