2. - A literature review surveys scholarly articles,
books and other sources relevant to a
particular issue, area of research, or theory,
- provides a description, summary, and
critical evaluation of these works.
- Literature reviews are designed to
provide an overview of sources you have
explored while researching a particular topic
and to demonstrate to your readers how your
research fits into the larger field of study.
3. Reasons for doing Lit. Review
1. To obtain background information on the
area chosen for the study/research, to
equant one with previous reseach
2. To identify research gaps
3. To discover the tools that can help you
answer your questions. e.g. a similar
questionnaire/research design.
4. Broad reading and will give you idea that
a similar issues is not yet researched.
4. Steps for creating lit. review
1. Select studies that are relevant to the
problem
2. Tie together the results of the studies so
that their relevance is clear.
3. Carefully examine the variations in the
findings and possible explanations of
them.
4. The information must be properly
referenced and do not make series of
quotations.
5. Steps. for … (Cont.)
5. The literature review should be organized
according to the major points relevant to
the problem.
6. Give some indication of the relative
importance of the results from other studies.
7. Provide closure of the section. Provide a
summary and pull together the most
important results.
6. The purpose of a literature review is to:
Place each work in the context of its contribution
to the understanding of the research problem
Describe the relationship of each work to the
others under consideration,
Identify new ways to interpret, and shed light on
any gaps in previous research,
Resolve conflicts amongst seemingly contradictory
previous studies,
Point the way in fulfilling a need for additional
research, and
Locate your own research within the context of
existing literature.
