Literature

Review
 Literature Review
is a process of studying what has
already been written on a
particular topic. The process
involves identifying, locating, and
analyzing documents that contain
information related to a
researcher’s research topic.
Purpose: to determine
what has already been
done or studied about
your topic.
• Prevent researchers from
unintentionally duplicating another
person’s research
• Gives wider understanding of the
topic (what has been done and
what needs to be done about your
topic)
• Previous studies can
provide the rationale for
your research hypothesis
and can help you justify the
significance of your study
• Review of the related
literature determines
the direction of the
research
• Demonstrates underlying
assumptions (propositions)
behind the research
questions that are central
to the research proposal
•Provides
researchers enough
knowledge about
the research
• Helps the researcher to refine
the research questions and
embed them in guiding
hypotheses that provide
possible directions the
researcher may follow.
• Provides researcher with an
opportunity to identify any gaps that
may exist in the body of the
literature and to provide a rationale
for how the proposed study may
contribute to the existing body of
knowledge
What documents
can be used in
the LITERATURE
REVIEW?
•Not limited to
books and
research journals
• Can include articles,
abstracts, reviews,
monographs, dissertations,
other research reports and
electronic media
 NOTE
-the skill of identifying or
selecting materials or review
before doing the actual
review IS A MUST FOR
EVERY RESEARCHER
1.The material should
be relevant or related
to the topic or
problem that you are
studying.
2. The material should be
recent as much as possible.
However, old materials that
are pioneer in the topic may
sometimes be included
3. Gather materials from varied
sources such as previous studies,
journals, books, monographs and even
magazines. Additionally, you may take
advantage of the information available
online (needs to be CAREFUL). Make
sure that you only use Web sites.
 In-text Citation
-The name of the author and the year of
publication of the material cited is included in
the paragraph. This is called PARENTHETICAL
CITATION.
*the name of the author and the year of
publication may be written at the beginning or
at the end of a sentence.
APA Citation Style
•American
Psychological
Association
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