Meaning:

A literature review is a survey of scholarly

sources (such as books, journals articles,
and thesis) related to a specific topic or
research question. It is often written as a
part of thesis, dissertation, or research
paper, in order to situate the work in related
to existing knowledge.
Research Topic
 Meaning:
A research topic is a specific subject or areas of
interest that a researcher wants to investigate or explore in-
depth through research. It is the overarching theme or
question that guides a research project and helps to focus
the research activities towards a clear objective.

Points should be considered while selecting a

research
Topic:
1.Choose a topic that you are interested in !
2. Narrow your topic to something manageable.

3. Review the guidelines of topic selection outlined in your

assignment.
4.Refer to lecture notes and required text to refresh your
knowledge
of the course and assignment
5. Talk about research ideas with a friend.

6. Think of who, what, when, where and why

questions;
* Why did you choose the topic?
*Who are the information providers on this topic?
*What are the major questions for this topic?
*Where is your topic important:
*When is your topic important?

Purpose of research topic:

The purpose of a research topic is to identify a
specific area of inquiry that the researcher wants to
explore and investigate. A research topic is typically a
broad area of interest that requires further
exploration and refinement through the research
process.
 USE OF
LITERATURE
REVIEW
How to read research
article critically
• Read the introduction, not the abstract.
• Identify the aim or purpose.
• Identify the approach.
• Are analysis, method clearly explained?
• Are conclusion appropriately supported by
evidence?
 • It helps to learn about research
design for your research.
• Point the way in fulfilling a need for
additional research.
Use of • The literature might be reviewed,
literature depending on whether a qualitative,
quantitative, or mixed methods
approach has been selected.
How literature
review will
use in IN A QUALITATIVE STUDY,
USE THE LITERATURE
SPARINGLY IN THE
USE THE LITERATURE IN A
QUANTITATIVE STUDY
DEDUCTIVELY—AS A BASIS
IN A MIXED METHODS
STUDY, USE THE LITERATURE
IN A WAY THAT IS

proposed
BEGINNING IN ORDER TO FOR ADVANCING RESEARCH CONSISTENT WITH THE
CONVEY AN INDUCTIVE QUESTIONS OR HYPOTHESES. MAJOR TYPE OF STRATEGY
DESIGN UNLESS THE DESIGN AND THE QUALITATIVE OR

research?
TYPE REQUIRES A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
SUBSTANTIAL LITERATURE MOST PREVALENT IN THE
ORIENTATION AT THE DESIGN.
OUTSET.
Design Technique
Steps in conducting a literature review
Regardless of the type of
study, several steps are
useful in conducting a
literature

Steps :
1. Narrow your topic and select papers
accordingly:
• Consider your specific area of study.
Think about what interests you and what interest
other researches in your field. It should be
considered as a key word for identification.

2. Search for literature:

• Literature search is a systematic and well-
organized search from the already published data
to identify a breadth of good quality references on
a specific topic.
• You can go to library and begin searching
for your holdings or go to computerized database.
•3. Read the selected article thoroughly and evaluate them:
After finding some sources that seems to be relevant and carefully
evaluate them before including them in our paper. The sources that you
have found should be effective and they are relevant to subject matter.

•4. Organize the selected papers by looking for patterns and by developing
subtopics :
• The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of
testing of hypothesis. Make sure that your topics fit better under different
headings for your specific research.

•5. Develop a thesis or purpose statement:

• This should be a sentence or two that tells you exactly what you’re
going to be writing about. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the
relationship between independent variable and dependent variable.
• Evaluate the strengths and weakness of individual sources and
evaluate the bias.
6. Analyze the information gathered:
•Find gaps in the literature and know whether there is debate on this topic.

7.Write the paper:

• It has no spelling or grammatical errors
• It should be well organized.
• It includes direct quotes from relevant sources
Thank you
Presented by:
Shriraksha (222628013)
Shravya (222628016)
Chaitanya (222628012)