SELECTING, CITING,

AND SYNTHESIZING
RELATED
LITERATURE
Why do we need to know
the criteria in selecting
RRL ?
3. In your own opinion why
it is important to us to have
RRL in doing research ?
LITERATURE
A LITERATURE is any printed
material used for research
reference.
 Examples are the following:
• Journals
• Books
• Biographies
• Essays
• Official documents and reports
• Newspaper clippings and featured articles,
• and concepts among others
• Online materials from the internet
• (like Google Scholar or other online encyclopedia)
 For
Quantitative
Research
 Additional literature includes
financial statements, audit report,
statistical surveys, feasibility
studies, numerical graphs and
such other similar literature or
documents that are numerical and
quantitative in nature.
LITERATURE
REVIEW
 an examination of relevant books scholarly
articles, and any other sources pertinent to an area
of research. It is a consolidation of key ideas and
evaluation of the literature available in view of the
research problem. It also provides an overview of
the sources you have explored while searching a
particular topic and demonstrate to your readers
how your research fits within a larger field of
study.
Criteria when
Selecting and
Citing a
Proper
Literature:
 Appropriateness of the
Reliability of the Literature.
Literature.
Is the literature proper or
Is the source of the
suitable for the research
literature credible and topic or problem
can be trusted? addressed?
 Recency of the Literature.
Identifiable of the Literature.

Except for citing literature for classical

Is the Literature theories and important concepts, it is better
to cite the most recent possible literature to
Identifiable enough for be able to locate the research in the latest
proper citation? trends in the field of discipline.
 FORMS OF
LITERATURE
 Integrative review

are simply “summaries of

past research”; largely
found in
proposals and dissertations.
 Theoretical Review

“wherein the researcher

focuses on extant theory that relates
to the
problem being studied”;
demonstrated best in
journal articles
 Methodological Review

“provides not only a

summary of the studies but also actual critique
of
the strengths and weaknesses of the methods
sections; found in dissertations and review of
related literature sections in journal articles
 Steps in Writing RRL
02
01
Research and read on the
Identify and narrow down a important literature. Prioritize
particular topic to guide the books and journal articles as
researcher or students on what sources of literature. The
literature to find and read. libraries provide a good
collection. Internet resources are
also excellent, such as Google
Scholar or any other reliable
journal websites by field of
discipline.
03
Take down important notes or
annotations using the Literature
Matrix Collation. As a rule,
always rephrase or para phrase
to prevent unintentional
plagiarism. Direct quotations can
be used for important lines. Use
quotation lines for direct
quotation.
 04
Once the literature sources
are replete, start drafting a
written review or related
literature by connecting or
synthesizing various
literature materials. Make a
story out of the related
literature.
05
Do not forget to attribute
or cite sources of
literature. All authors in
the main text must be
reflected as well as in
the references or
bibliography slides.
 DIFFERENT
LITERATURE
REFERENCING
STYLE:
ACTIVITY
 CITATION SEARCH
Look for the following details on each of your sources.
Can’t find it? Look hard, then leave it blank.
SOURCE 1:
1. Author:
_____________________________________________
_______________________
2. Title of Source:
_____________________________________________
_________________
3. Publisher:
_____________________________________________
_____________________
4. Publication Date:
_____________________________________________
_______________
5. City of Publication:
 2. Why it is importan
to us to select good
review related
literature.
Guided
Question 2. Who are the
beneficiaries? Why do
you think so?
 DLP # 4 WIll be
posted in our lms
Thank you
for
Listening!