Professional Documents
Culture Documents
of Related
Literature
By: Apple M. Silvestre
Objectives
● What are the best materials to include in my review and how do I locate them?
–Creswell (2008)
Related Academic Genres
Critical Review Annotated Bibliography Literature Review
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success of text in field re research topic or research on specific topic
assignment question
What is the Importance of
Literature Review?
The Importance of Literature Review
MERKUR
VENUS
Provides a rationale for the direction of MARS
the study (i.e., purpose statement and
Der Merkur ist der Die Venus ist der zweite
research questions or hypotheses)
Obwohl er rot ist, ist der
sonnennächste Planet und Planet des Sonnensystems Mars eigentlich sehr kalt. Er
der kleinste und der drittkleinste hat zwei Monde!
Use of literature at the end of the Confirms or disconfirms prior predictions Supports or modifies existing findings in
study from the literature the literature
WHAT ARE THE FIVE STEPS IN
CONDUCTING A LITERATURE REVIEW?
Five Steps in Conducting Literature Review
-Write a preliminary “working title” for a project and select two to three key words in the title
that capture the central idea of your study.
-Pose a short, general research question that you would like answered in the study.
Research Question:
“What is the impact of social media on body image among Generation Z?”
You can use Boolean operators to help narrow down your search:
◆ AND (e.g. social media AND body image AND generation Z)
◆ OR (e.g. generation Z OR teenagers OR adolescents)
◆ NOT (e.g. apple NOT fruit)
Five Steps in Conducting Literature Review
Is It Relevant?
◆ Topic relevance
◆ Individual and site relevance
◆ Problem and question relevance
◆ Accessibility relevance
Five Steps in Conducting Literature Review