Review of Related Literature and Studies

1. REVIEW OF
RELATED
LITERATURE AND
STUDIES
PRESENTED BY:
SHEILA MARIE MACATANGAY, RN

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• To exhibit understanding of what Review of Related
Literature(RRL) and Studies is
• To be able to discuss the purpose and importance of RRL
and Studies
• To cite where to find literature
• To define related legal bases, related literature, related
studies
• To differentiate conceptual and operational definition

3. OUTLINE
• Review of Related Literature and Studies
• Importance
• Purpose and Functions
• Characteristics
• Sources and where to locate sources
• Related Legal Bases, Related Literature, Related Studies
• Definition of Terms: Conceptual and Operational

4. WHAT IS A REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
AND STUDIES?
• A review or discussion of the current published
materials available on your topic.
• An account of what has been published on your topic by
accredited scholars and researchers.
• Compares and contrasts various materials that talk
about your topic
• To convey to the readers what knowledge and ideas
have been established on your topic, and their
strengths and weaknesses.

7. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
1. Research Problem/Topic
2. Better understanding of your topic
3. Avoid duplication

8. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
4. Gives more sources of information
5. Guides you in making your research design
6. Helps in comparing the findings of previous
studies
7. What you are proposing vs what has been
studied

9. WHAT IS ITS PURPOSE?
• To show what is and what is not known about your
topic, hence showing the knowledge gaps that
need to be looked into.
• To help you build knowledge in the topic you have
chosen.
• To integrate your findings with existing knowledge
à support or contradict earlier research.

10. CHARACTERISTICS OF A WELL-WRITTEN
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
• Must be driven by and related directly to your research
question
• Includes sources related to the topic and discuss only
relevant points
• Identifies areas of controversy or discrepancy
• Groups sources according to common denominators (i.e.
conclusions, findings, etc.)
• Strikes a balance between sources supporting and
opposing your argument

11. STRUCTURE OF
RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
• INTRODUCTION – sets the context à information
about the field of study, relevance of the chosen topic,
focus of the literature review.
• BODY – background information (definition of
concepts, historical perspectives, etc.)
- Weave descriptions of the literature with your
analysis
- Point out any methodological flaws, gaps in
research or inconsistencies in theory and findings

12. • CONCLUSION - summarizes the main contributions of
significant studies, discusses the questions the review
has raised
- gaps in research and suggestions for future
research
STRUCTURE OF
RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES

13. TYPES OF SOURCES
• Internet: Online systems
• Scholarly journals
• Books containing reports of original research, or
collection of research articles
• Thesis
• Dissertations
• Government documents
• Policy reports and presented papers

14. WHERE TO LOCATE SOURCES
• Bibliographic indexes
• Libraries (government, school, private libraries)
• Government and private offices
• Online databases

15. ONLINE DATABASES
• Humanities and social sciences: Academic Search
Complete, JSTOR, ERIC, Project Muse
• Health-related researches: PubMed, EBSCO,
MEDLINE, CINAHL, PubMed Central, EMBASE,
Cochrane Library

16. RELATED LEGAL BASES
• Relevance of the study to the government’s thrusts
• Sources are laws, department directives (eg.
Circulars, orders, memoranda, etc.)
• Chronological presentation
• Show a response to the government’s advocacies

17. RELATED LITERATURE
• Composed of discussion of facts and principles
related to the study.
• Books, encyclopedias, professional journals,
magazines, newspapers and other publications

18. RELATED STUDIES
• Studies, inquiries or investigations already conducted
that are related to your topic.
• Unpublished materials like manuscripts, theses and
dissertations.

19. SOURCES: FOREIGN VS LOCAL
• LOCAL STUDIES: Printed in the Philippines
• FOREIGN STUDIES: Printed outside of the Philippines

20. DEFINITION OF TERMS:
CONCEPTUAL
• CONCEPTUAL DEFINITION – like the dictionary
definition. For example, in a study about social media
overuse, a conceptual definition would describe it as:
SOCIAL MEDIA OVERUSE – using social media to an extent
that it harms a person’s health or interpersonal
relationships or interferes with school or professional
obligations.

21. DEFINITION OF TERMS:
OPERATIONAL
• OPERATIONAL DEFINITION – articulates how that
variable will be measured in the study.
SOCIAL MEDIA OVERUSE
Study 1: Time spent on certain apps à at least 4 hours
per day as measured by the tracking software
Study 2: Survey/questionnaire à “Does your social media
use interfere with your schoolwork or job or sleep or
personal relationship?”

22. REFERENCES
Khan, Tarannum & Ratnamala, Arya. (2019). Review of
related literature. 7. 228-233. From
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338230304_R
eview_of_related_literature/citation/download
Cantero, C. (2019) How to Write a Literature Review from
https://www.sjsu.edu/writingcenter/docs/handouts/Lite
rature%20Reviews.pdf
Mondo, Mussa. (2021). The following are the
characteristics of good literature review. From Research
Gate
https://bookdown.org/a_shaker/STM1001_Topic_2B_Sci/
1-2-OperationDefinitions.html